The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.35 | Sell 16.48
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.35 | Sell 16.45
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.37 | Sell 16.47
EGX30 (Thursday): 15,110 (+0.6%)
Turnover: EGP 839 mn (36% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +15.9%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 0.6%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 1.1%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Eastern Company up 3.1%, Egypt Kuwait Holding up 2.0%, and KIMA up 2.0%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Egyptian Resorts down 1.7%, Orascom Construction
down 1.4% and Ibnsina Pharma down 1.3%. The market turnover was EGP 839 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +58.8 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -1.1 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -57.8 mn
Retail: 55.0% of total trades | 51.1% of buyers | 58.9% of sellers
Institutions: 45.0% of total trades | 48.9% of buyers | 41.1% of sellers
WTI: USD 54.85 (-0.44%)
Brent: USD 60.22 (-0.26%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.61 MMBtu, (+1.55%, Oct 2019 contract)
Gold: USD 1,499.50 / troy ounce (-0.52%)
TASI: 7,831.80 (-0.30%) (YTD: +0.06%)
ADX: 5,096.09 (-0.20%) (YTD: +3.68%)
DFM: 2,888.39 (+0.12%) (YTD: +14.18%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,251.04 (-0.16%)
QE: 10,461.65 (-0.05%) (YTD: +1.58%)
MSM: 4,020.16 (+0.07%) (YTD: -7.02%)
BB: 1,546.63 (+0.37%) (YTD: +15.66%)