The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.27 | Sell 17.37
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.28 | Sell 17.38
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.26 | Sell 17.36
EGX30 (Thursday): 14,666 (+0.8%)
Turnover: EGP 744 mn (19% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +12.5%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 0.8%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 1.2%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Heliopolis Housing up 5.1%, Ezz Steel up 3.3%, and Palm Hills up 1.5%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Oriental Weavers down 1.3%, Orascom Investment Holding down 1.2% and Orascom Development Egypt down 0.8%. Market turnover was EGP 744 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -112.6 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +49.0 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP+63.6 mn
Retail: 52.0% of total trades | 52.1% of buyers | 51.9% of sellers
Institutions: 48.0% of total trades | 47.9% of buyers | 48.1% of sellers
WTI: USD 60.14 (+1.42%)
Brent: USD 67.58 (+0.72%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.66 MMBtu, (-1.84%, May 2019 contract)
Gold: USD 1,298.50 / troy ounce (+0.25%)
TASI: 8,788.84 (+0.26%) (YTD: 12.29%)
ADX: 5,101.00 (3.78%) (YTD: -0.16%)
DFM: 2,631.27 (+0.65%) (YTD: +4.01%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,957.98 (+0.11%)
QE: 10,145.68 (+0.40%) (YTD: -1.49%)
MSM: 4,005.56 (-1.03%) (YTD: -7.36%)
BB: 1,413.64 (+0.03%) (YTD: +5.71%)