The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.89 | Sell 15.99
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.89 | Sell 15.99
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.91 | Sell 16.01
EGX30 (Sunday): 13,803 (+0.5%)
Turnover: EGP 424 mn (37% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -1.1%
THE MARKET ON SUNDAY: The EGX30 ended Sunday’s session up 0.5%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 0.4%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Egyptian Iron & Steel up 4.3%, Ezz Steel up 3.9%, and SODIC up 3.1%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Palm Hills down 0.8%, Orascom Construction down 0.7% and Egyptian Resorts down 0.4%. The market turnover was EGP 424 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -9.2 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +5.6 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +3.6 mn
Retail: 74.3% of total trades | 70.6% of buyers | 78.0% of sellers
Institutions: 25.7% of total trades | 29.4% of buyers | 22.0% of sellers
WTI: USD 59.04 (-0.9%)
Brent: USD 64.98 (-0.6%)
Natural Gas: (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.20 MMBtu, (+1.7%, February 2020 contract)
Gold: USD 1,560.10 / troy ounce (+0.4%)
TASI: 8,371 (+0.3%) (YTD: -0.2%)
ADX: 5,083 (+0.2%) (YTD: +0.2%)
DFM: 2,752 (+0.1%) (YTD: -0.5%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,929 (+1.9%)
QE: 10,508 (+0.6%) (YTD: +0.8%)
MSM: 3,977 (+0.8%) (YTD: -0.1%)
BB: 1,600 (+0.2%) (YTD: -0.6%)