The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.12 | Sell 16.22
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.12 | Sell 16.22
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.10 | Sell 16.20
EGX30 (Thursday): 10,890 (-1.4%)
Turnover: EGP 1.1 bn (37% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -22%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 1.4%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended down 1.9%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were EFG Hermes up 2.9%, GB Auto up 2.2%, and Porto Group up 1.9%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Orascom Development down 3.9%, Dice down 3.0% and Cleopatra Hospital down 3.0%. The market turnover was EGP 1.1 bn, and domestic investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net Short | EGP -99.0 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -6.3 mn
Domestic: Net Long | EGP +105.3 mn
Retail: 68.7% of total trades | 71.4% of buyers | 65.9% of sellers
Institutions: 31.3% of total trades | 28.6% of buyers | 34.1% of sellers
WTI: USD 38.49 (-0.59%)
Brent: USD 41.02 (-0.07%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 1.54 MMBtu, (-0.13%, August 2020 contract)
Gold: USD 1,780.30 / troy ounce (+0.55%)
TASI: 7,232.34 (+0.26%) (YTD: -13.79%)
ADX: 4,285.59 (-1.02%) (YTD: -15.57%)
DFM: 2,086.51 (-0.61%) (YTD: -24.53%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,656.71 (-0.22%)
QE: 9,184.97 (-0.44%) (YTD: -11.90%)
MSM: 3,525.77 (+0.03%) (YTD: -11.44%)
BB: 1,279.38 (-0.11%) (YTD: -20.54%)