The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.94 | Sell 16.04
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.93 | Sell 16.03
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.96 | Sell 16.06
EGX30 (Thursday): 10,957 (-1.5%)
Turnover: EGP 1.2 bn (38% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -21.5%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 1.5%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended down 1.2%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Madinet Nasr Housing up 0.7%, Eastern Company up 0.7%, and Palm Hills up 0.4%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were GB Auto down 4.7%, AMOC down 4.6% and Pioneers Holding down 4.2%. The market turnover was EGP 1.2 bn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -54.3 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +53.8 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +0.5 mn
Retail: 64.5% of total trades | 64.2% of buyers | 64.8% of sellers
Institutions: 35.5% of total trades | 35.8% of buyers | 35.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 40.55 (+2.35%)
Brent: USD 43.24 (+2.10%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 1.81 MMBtu, (+1.46%, August contract)
Gold: USD 1,801.90 / troy ounce (-0.11%)
TASI: 7,416 (+0.30%) (YTD: -11.59%)
ADX: 4,295 (-0.38%) (YTD: -15.37%)
DFM: 2,082 (-0.05%) (YTD: -24.69%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,604 (-0.23%)
QE: 9,316 (+0.99%) (YTD: -10.64%)
MSM: 3,494 (+0.01%) (YTD: -12.24%)
BB: 1,286 (+0.23%) (YTD: -20.11%)