The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.55 | Sell 17.65
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.56 | Sell 17.66
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.55 | Sell 17.65
EGX30 (Thursday): 14,767 (+0.2%)
Turnover: EGP 1.2 bn (38% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +13.3%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 0.2%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 0.7%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Juhayna up 4.1%, Palm Hills up 1.6%, and Madinet Nasr Housing up 1.6%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Ezz Steel down 3.4%, Telecom Egypt down 2.0% and Egyptian Resorts down 1.4%. The market turnover was EGP 1.2 bn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +69.8 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +21.7 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -91.5 mn
Retail: 62.8% of total trades | 64.0% of buyers | 61.5% of sellers
Institutions: 37.2% of total trades | 36.0% of buyers | 38.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 52.72 (+0.15%)
Brent: USD 62.10 (+0.76%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.58 MMBtu, (+1.25%, Mar 2019)
Gold: USD 1,318.50 / troy ounce (+0.33%)
TASI: 8,612.84 (-0.24%) (YTD: +10.04%)
ADX: 5,112.15 (-0.60%) (YTD: +4.01%)
DFM: 2,542.67 (-0.56%) (YTD: +0.51%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,439.52 (-0.01%)
QE: 10,505.19 (-1.67%) (YTD: +2.0%)
MSM: 4,151.97 (-0.21%) (YTD: -3.97%)
BB: 1,418.10 (+0.66%) (YTD: +6.05%)