The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.52 | Sell 16.64
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.51 | Sell 16.61
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.52 | Sell 16.62
EGX30 (Wednesday): 14,541 (+2.5%)
Turnover: EGP 1 bn (71% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +11.5%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session up 2.5%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 2.5%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Ezz Steel up 7.3%, Elsewedy Electric up 6.6%, and AMOC up 6.2%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Cleopatra Hospital down 2.6%, Ibnsina Pharma down 1.0% and Egypt Kuwait Holding down 0.7%. The market turnover was EGP 1 bn, and local investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -99.3 mn
Regional: Net short | EGP -15.6 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +115.0 mn
Retail: 46.1% of total trades | 43.6% of buyers | 48.5% of sellers
Institutions: 53.9% of total trades | 56.4% of buyers | 51.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 54.80 (-0.78%)
Brent: USD 59.48 (-2.97%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.16 MMBtu, (+0.65%, September 2019 contract)
Gold: USD 1,529.40 / troy ounce (+0.10%)
TASI: 8,550.23 (+0.79%) (YTD: +9.24%)
ADX: 5,053.77 (-0.85%) (YTD: +2.82%)
DFM: 2,831.69 (-0.22%) (YTD: +11.94%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,742.10 (+0.35%)
QE: 9,675.54 (-1.62%) (YTD: -6.05%)
MSM: 3,861.51 (+0.60%) (YTD: -10.69%)
BB: 1,539.59 (-0.26%) (YTD: +15.13%)