The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.17 | Sell 16.29
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.16 | Sell 16.26
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.18 | Sell 16.28
EGX30 (Thursday): 14,206 (-0.02%)
Turnover: EGP 869 mn (22% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +9.0%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 0.02%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended down 0.8%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Madinet Nasr Housing up 6.9%, SODIC up 3.1%, and Palm Hills up 3.0%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Eastern Co down 2.1%, Juhayna down 2.0% and Egyptian Iron & Steel down 1.5%. The market turnover was EGP 869 mn, and local investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -12.8 mn
Regional: Net short | EGP -12.3 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +25.0 mn
Retail: 61.8% of total trades | 58.0% of buyers | 65.7% of sellers
Institutions: 38.2% of total trades | 42.0% of buyers | 34.3% of sellers
WTI: USD 53.78 (-0.3%)
Brent: USD 59.42 (-0.8%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.32 MMBtu, (-0.1%, November 2019 contract)
Gold: USD 1,494.10 / troy ounce (-0.3%)
TASI: 7,635 (+1.6%) (YTD: -2.4%)
ADX: 5,093 (+0.1%) (YTD: +3.6%)
DFM: 2,780 (-1.6%) (YTD: +9.9%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,299 (+0.1%)
QE: 10,427 (-0.1%) (YTD: +1.3%)
MSM: 4,005 (+0.1%) (YTD: -7.4%)
BB: 1,527 (+0.1%) (YTD: +14.2%)