The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.73 | Sell 16.83
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.70 | Sell 16.80
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.75 | Sell 16.85
EGX30 (Thursday): 13,771 (-1.5%)
Turnover: EGP 444 mn (43% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +5.6%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 1.5%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended up 0.04%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Cairo Investment & Real Estate Development (CIRA) up 1.2%, Orascom Development Egypt up 0.6%, and CIB. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Global Telecom down 5.1%, Madinet Nasr Housing down 4.6% and AMOC down 4.3%. The market turnover was EGP 444 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -31.6 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +2.9 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +28.7 mn
Retail: 49.0% of total trades | 51.7% of buyers | 46.3% of sellers
Institutions: 51.0% of total trades | 48.3% of buyers | 53.7% of sellers
WTI: USD 53.50 (-5.46%)
Brent: USD 61.99 (-5.11%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.45 MMBtu, (-3.65%, Jul 2019 contract)
Gold: USD 1,311.10 / troy ounce (+1.45%)
TASI: 8,516.48 (+1.22%) (YTD: +8.81%)
ADX: 5,003.59 (+2.82%) (YTD: +1.80%)
DFM: 2,620.33 (+0.79%) (YTD: +3.58%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,242.24 (+0.59%)
QE: 10,273.01 (+3.43%) (YTD: -0.25%)
MSM: 3,934.15 (-0.18%) (YTD: -9.01%)
BB: 1,433.52 (+0.24%) (YTD: +7.20%)