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 (Wednesday): 10,545 (+1.3%)
Turnover: EGP 1.1 bn (63% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -24.5%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session up 1.3%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 3.2%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were AMOC up 3.3%, CIB up 3.2%, and SODIC up 2.7%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Juhayna down 3.8%, EFG Hermes down 3.4% and Pioneers Holding down 2.4%. The market turnover was EGP 1.1 bn, and foreign investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +33.2 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -10.5 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -22.6 mn
Retail: 70.4% of total trades | 67.9% of buyers | 72.8% of sellers
Institutions: 29.6% of total trades | 32.1% of buyers | 27.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 15.91 (+5.64%)
Brent: USD 23.30 (+3.37%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 1.87 MMBtu, (-0.21%, June 2020 contract)
Gold: USD 1,728.70 / troy ounce (+0.89%)
TASI: 6,985.33 (+1.46%) (YTD: -16.73%)
ADX: 4,221.98 (+0.03%) (YTD: -16.82%)
DFM: 2,004.09 (+0.32%) (YTD: -27.52%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,265.69 (+1.08%)
QE: 8,701.06 (+1.17%) (YTD: -16.54%)
MSM: 3,538.87 (0.00%) (YTD: -11.11%)
BB: 1,308.65 (+0.06%) (YTD: -18.73%)