The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.83 | Sell 16.93
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.81 | Sell 16.91
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.85 | Sell 16.95
EGX30 (Thursday): 13.777 (+0.8%)
Turnover: EGP 355 mn (55% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +5.7%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 0.8%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 0.2%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were AMOC up 4.6%, and Ezz Steel up 2.8%, and Egypt Kuwait Holding up 2.7%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were SODIC down 0.2%. The market turnover was EGP 355 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -51.5 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +15.6 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +35.9 mn
Retail: 48.0% of total trades | 49.4% of buyers | 46.6% of sellers
Institutions: 52.0% of total trades | 50.6% of buyers | 53.4% of sellers
WTI: USD 58.63 (+1.24%)
Brent: USD 68.69 (+1.37%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.60 MMBtu, (+0.78%, June 2019 contract)
Gold: USD 1,289.20 / troy ounce (-0.14%)
TASI: 8,531.16 (-1.44%) (YTD: +9.00%)
ADX: 4,777.32 (+0.58%) (YTD: -2.80%)
DFM: 2,589.68 (+0.21%) (YTD: +2.37%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,023.25 (-0.66%)
QE: 9,730.52 (-0.28%) (YTD: -5.52%)
MSM: 3,875.89 (+0.37%) (YTD: -10.36%)
BB: 1,408.49 (-0.17%) (YTD: +5.33%)