The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.53 | Sell 15.66
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.54 | Sell 15.64
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.53 | Sell 15.63
EGX30 (Wednesday): 13,201 (-1.0%)
Turnover: EGP 562 mn (3% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -5.5%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session down 1.3%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended down 0.7%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Orascom Investment Holding up 5.4%, Dice up 5.0%, and Telecom Egypt up 3.7%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were GB Auto down 8.1%, Juhayna down 4.4% and EFG Hermes down 3.2%. The market turnover was EGP 562 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +13.8 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -0.9 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP -12.9 mn
Retail: 58.4% of total trades | 59.7% of buyers | 57.2% of sellers
Institutions: 41.6% of total trades | 40.3% of buyers | 42.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 48.67 (-0.12%)
Brent: USD 53.43 (-2.77%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 1.82 MMBtu, (-1.41%, April 2020 contract)
Gold: USD 1,643.40 / troy ounce (+0.02%)
TASI: 7,711.12 (-0.61%) (YTD: -8.08%)
ADX: 4,890.68 (-0.93%) (YTD: -3.65%)
DFM: 2,620.69 (-1.96%) (YTD: -5.21%)
QE: 9,548.22 (-1.60%) (YTD: -8.41%)
MSM: 4,138.92 (+0.25%) (YTD: +3.96%)
BB: 1,662.30 (+0.11%) (YTD: +3.24%)