The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.69 | Sell 15.79
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.70 | Sell 15.80
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.68 | Sell 15.78
EGX30 (Thursday): 9,206 (+5.1%)
Turnover: EGP 1.2 bn (101% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -34.1%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 5.1%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 7.4%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were TMG Holding up 8.9%%, SODIC up 8.1%, and Elsewedy Electric up 7.6%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Credit Agricole down 8.9%, GB Auto down 3.8% and Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals down 3.2%. The market turnover was EGP 1.2 bn, and local investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -335.6 mn
Regional: Net short | EGP -42.2 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +377.8 mn
Retail: 42.3% of total trades | 37.7% of buyers | 47.2% of sellers
Institutions: 57.7% of total trades | 62.7% of buyers | 52.8% of sellers
WTI: USD 22.63 (-12.66%)
Brent: USD 26.98 (-5.23%)
Natural Gas: (Nymex, futures prices) USD 1.60 MMBtu, (-3.02%, April 2020 contract)
Gold: USD 1,488 / troy ounce (+0.39%)
TASI: 6,267 (+1.83%) (YTD: -25.29%)
ADX: 3,685 (+8.41%) (YTD: -27.39%)
DFM: 1,819 (+2.85%) (YTD: -34.20%)
KSE Premier Market: 4,902 (+5.1%)
QE: 8,576 (-0.98%) (YTD: -17.73%)
MSM: 3,567 (-1.10%) (YTD: -10.39%)
BB: 1,408 (+2.45%) (YTD: -12.25%)