The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.56 | Sell 15.69
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.59 | Sell 15.69
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.58 | Sell 15.68
EGX30 (Thursday): 12,348 (+1.4%)
Turnover: EGP 618 mn (5% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -11.6%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 1.4%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 1.3%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Heliopolis Housing up 4.1%, Orascom Investment Holding up 4.0%, and Palm Hills up 3.3%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Juhayna down 3.9%, Orascom Development Egypt down 1.0% and Orascom Construction down 0.8%. The market turnover was EGP 618 mn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -65.8 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +4.4 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +61.5 mn
Retail: 50.1% of total trades | 51.8% of buyers | 48.4% of sellers
Institutions: 49.9% of total trades | 48.2% of buyers | 51.6% of sellers
WTI: USD 41.28 (-10.07%)
Brent: USD 45.27 (-9.44%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 1.71 MMBtu, (-3.16%, April 2020 contract)
Gold: USD 1,672.40 / troy ounce (+0.26%)
TASI: 7,467 (-0.76%) (YTD: -10.99%)
ADX: 4,646 (-0.57%) (YTD: -8.52%)
DFM: 2,460 (-0.76%) (YTD: -11.01%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,390 (-0.95%)
QE: 9,309 (+0.68%) (YTD: -10.71%)
MSM: 4,107 (+0.15%) (YTD: +3.18%)
BB: 1,617 (-0.72%) (YTD: +0.47%)