The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.46 | Sell 16.59
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.46 | Sell 16.56
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.48 | Sell 16.58
EGX30 (Wednesday): 14,841 (-1.1%)
Turnover: EGP 783 mn (29% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +13.9%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session down 1.1%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended down 1.5%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Ezz Steel up 7.4%, Egyptian Iron & Steel up 2.4%, and Orascom Construction up 2.2%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Juhayna down 4.1%, TMG Holding down 3.1% and Egyptian Resorts down 2.6%. The market turnover was EGP 783 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -101.5 mn
Regional: Net Long | EGP +3.9 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +97.6 mn
Retail: 57.5% of total trades | 59.6% of buyers | 55.5% of sellers
Institutions: 42.5% of total trades | 40.4% of buyers | 44.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 56.26 (+4.30%)
Brent: USD 60.47 (+3.79%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.44 MMBtu, (+3.69%, Oct 2019 contract)
Gold: USD 1,560.40 / troy ounce (+0.29%)
TASI: 8,058.39 (+1.69%) (YTD: +2.96%)
ADX: 5,124.87 (+0.39%) (YTD: +4.27%)
DFM: 2,879.94 (+0.12%) (YTD: +13.84%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,545.84 (-0.22%)
QE: 10,295.25 (-0.05%) (YTD: -0.04%)
MSM: 4,011.52 (-0.13%) (YTD: -7.22%)
BB: 1,542.16 (-0.07%) (YTD: +15.32%)