The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.66 | Sell 15.78
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.67 | Sell 15.77
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.65 | Sell 15.75
EGX30 (Tuesday): 11,200 (+2.0%)
Turnover: EGP 774 mn (30% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -19.80%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 ended Tuesday’s session up 2.0%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 3.1%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Egypt Kuwait Holding up 4.8%, Elsewedy Electric up 4.5%, and Cleopatra Hospital up 4.0%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Pioneers Holding down 8.0%, Qalaa Holdings down 6.5% and Egyptian Resorts down 5.3%. The market turnover was EGP 774 mn, and regional investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net long | EGP +1.2 mn
Regional: Net short | EGP -8.3 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +7.2 mn
Retail: 57.0% of total trades | 58.6% of buyers | 55.3% of sellers
Institutions: 43.0% of total trades | 41.4% of buyers | 44.7% of sellers
WTI: USD 35.46 (+3.20%)
Brent: USD 38.65 (+3.84%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 1.93 MMBtu, (-0.21%, April contract)
Gold: USD 1,657.20 / troy ounce (-0.19%)
TASI: 6,762 (+7.07%) (YTD: -19.40%)
ADX: 4,262 (+5.52%) (YTD: -16.02%)
DFM: 2,231 (+7.32%) (YTD: -19.31%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,174 (+0.3%)
QE: 8,433 (+3.34%) (YTD: -19.11%)
MSM: 3,797 (+0.68%) (YTD: -4.61%)
BB: 1,493 (+1.47%) (YTD: -7.26%)