The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.24 | Sell 17.34
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.22 | Sell 17.32
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.24 | Sell 17.34
EGX30 (Thursday): 14,783 (+0.4%)
Turnover: EGP 663 mn (29% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +13.4%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 0.4%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 0.7%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were CIRA up 5.1%, SODIC up 3.9%, and Global Telecom up 3.9%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Arabia Investments down 1.1%, ACAMD down 1.0% and CIB down 0.7%. The market turnover was EGP 663 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -61.8 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +33.1 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +28.7 mn
Retail: 54.0% of total trades | 54.8% of buyers | 53.1% of sellers
Institutions: 46.0% of total trades | 45.2% of buyers | 46.9% of sellers
WTI: USD 59.04 (-1.57%)
Brent: USD 67.03 (-1.22%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.75 MMBtu, (-2.41%, Apr 2019)
Gold: USD 1,318.70 / troy ounce (+0.39%)
TASI: 8,708.66 (+0.79%) (YTD: 11.27%)
ADX: 5,127.45 (+0.57%) (YTD: 4.32%)
DFM: 2,628.74 (-0.57%) (YTD: +3.91%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,890.21 (+1.26%)
QE: 9,953.72 (-0.23%) (YTD: -3.35%)
MSM: 4,152.70 (-0.23%%) (YTD: -3.96%)
BB: 1,426.22 (+0.19%) (YTD: +6.65%)