The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.86 | Sell 17.95
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.86 | Sell 17.96
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.78 | Sell 17.88
EGX30 (Monday): 13,906 (-0.5%)
Turnover: EGP 999 mn (32% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -7.4%
THE MARKET ON MONDAY: The EGX30 ended Monday’s session down 0.5%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 0.5%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Porto Group up 6.9%, and Pioneers Holding up 3.1%, and Egyptian Iron & Steel up 2.3%. Monday’s worst performing stocks were Elsewedy Electric down 2.6%, Eastern Co. down 2.4% and Orascom Construction down 1.3%. The market turnover was EGP 999 mn, and local investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -66.1 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -42.0 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +108.1 mn
Retail: 64.8% of total trades | 68.2% of buyers | 61.4% of sellers
Institutions: 35.2% of total trades | 31.8% of buyers | 38.6% of sellers
WTI: USD 53.53 (+0.19%)
Brent: USD 62.53 (-6.38%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 4.58 MMBtu, (+1.30%, December 2018 contract)
Gold: USD 1,221.10/ troy ounce (-0.01%)
TASI: 7,504.94 (-0.73%) (YTD: +3.86%)
ADX: 4,990.77 (-1.75%) (YTD: +13.47%)
DFM: 2,750.14 (-1.21%) (YTD: -18.40%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,270.74 (-0.34%)
QE: 10,268.07 (-1.25%) (YTD: +20.47%)
MSM: 4,453.30 (+0.03%) (YTD: -12.67%)
BB: 1,306.50 (-0.33%) (YTD: -1.89%)