The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.53 | Sell 16.66
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.55 | Sell 16.65
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.55 | Sell 16.65
EGX30 (Wednesday): 13,618 (-0.5%)
Turnover: EGP 576 mn (6% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +4.5%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session down 0.5%. CIB, the index heaviest constituent ended down 0.3%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Arab Cotton Ginning up 2.5%, Juhayna up 2.0%, and Oriental Weavers up 1.2%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Palm Hills down 3.7%, Madinet Nasr Holding down 2.8% and Heliopolis Housing down 2.4%. The market turnover was EGP 576 mn, and regional investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +8.6 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -80.0 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +71.4 mn
Retail: 46.9% of total trades | 46.7% of buyers | 47.1% of sellers
Institutions: 53.1% of total trades | 53.3% of buyers | 52.9% of sellers
WTI: USD 55.93 (+0.09%)
Brent: USD 63.11 (-0.11%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.23 MMBtu, (+0.36%, Aug 2019 contract)
Gold: USD 1,424.20 / troy ounce (+0.04%)
TASI: 8,785.74 (-0.12% (YTD: +12.25%)
ADX: 5,357.01 (+0.25%) (YTD: +8.99%)
DFM: 2,855.74 (+12.89%) (YTD: +0.82%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,662.88 (+0.34%)
QE: 10,549.75 (+0.37%) (YTD: +2.43%)
MSM: 3,765.06 (+0.04%) (YTD: -12.92%)
BB: 1,515.70 (-0.43%) (YTD: +13.34%)