The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.85 | Sell 17.95
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.86 | Sell 17.96
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.78 | Sell 17.88
EGX30 (Wednesday): 13,616 (+1.3%)
Turnover: EGP 1.2 bn (%67 above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -9.3%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 index ended Wednesday’s session up 1.3%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 0.1%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Global Telecom up 6.4%, and SODIC up 5.5%, and Ezz Steel up 5.4%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Abu Qir Fertilizers down 2.9%, Arab Cotton Ginning down 0.9% and Palm Hills down 0.8%. The market turnover was EGP 1.2 bn, and local investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -1.3 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -0.6 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +1.9 mn
Retail: 66.0% of total trades | 62.7% of buyers | 69.4% of sellers
Institutions: 34.0% of total trades | 37.3% of buyers | 30.6% of sellers
Foreign: 11.7% of total | 11.7% of buyers | 11.8% of sellers
Regional: 11.6% of total | 11.6% of buyers | 11.7% of sellers
Domestic: 76.7% of total | 76.7% of buyers | 76.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 61.67 (+0.05%)
Brent: USD 72.07 (-0.08%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 3.53 MMBtu, (-0.65%, December 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,228.00/ troy ounce (-0.06%)
TASI: 7,792.56 (-0.25%) (YTD: +7.84%)
ADX: 5,016.07 (+0.25%) (YTD: +14.04%)
DFM: 2,829.23 (+0.48%) (YTD: -16.05%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,292.80 (+0.55%)
QE: 10,252.50 (-1.20%) (YTD: +20.29%)
MSM: 4,446.06 (+0.56%) (YTD: -12.81%)
BB: 1,316.27 (+0.18%) (YTD: -1.16%)