The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.55 | Sell 16.67
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.55 | Sell 16.65
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.56 | Sell 16.66
EGX30 (Wednesday): 13,642 (-0.6%)
Turnover: EGP 426 mn (34% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +4.6%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session down 0.6%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 0.6%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were CIRA up 3.5%, Telecom Egypt up 1.0%, and Egypt Kuwait Holding up 0.3%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Palm Hills down 4.0%, GB Auto down 3.4% and Heliopolis Housing down 2.9%. The market turnover was EGP 426 mn, and regional investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +36.2 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -59.5 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +23.4 mn
Retail: 45.9% of total trades | 51.3% of buyers | 40.6% of sellers
Institutions: 54.1% of total trades | 48.7% of buyers | 59.4% of sellers
WTI: USD 56.51 (-0.48%)
Brent: USD 63.48 (-0.28%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.31 MMBtu, (+0.43%, Aug 2019 contract)
Gold: USD 1,426.20 / troy ounce (+0.20%)
TASI: 9,075.55 (+0.03%) (YTD: +15.96%)
ADX: 5,080.74 (+0.07%) (YTD: +3.37%)
DFM: 2,716.09 (-0.23%) (YTD: +7.37%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,768.80 (+0.19%)
QE: 10,613.53 (+0.12%) (YTD: +3.05%)
MSM: 3,748.03 (-0.25%) (YTD: -13.32%)
BB: 1,538.71 (+0.21%) (YTD: +15.06%)