The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.74 | Sell 15.84
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.73 | Sell 15.83
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.75 | Sell 15.85
EGX30 (Wednesday): 10,930 (-0.2%)
Turnover: EGP 1 bn (10% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -21.7%
THE MARKET ON WEDNESDAY: The EGX30 ended Wednesday’s session down 0.2%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 0.5%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals up 6.3%, Juhayna up 3.1%, and Credit Agricole up 3.0%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Telecom Egypt down 4.3%, TMG Holding down 2.5% and Qalaa Holding down 2.3%. The market turnover was EGP 1 bn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -67.9 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +8.5 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +59.3 mn
Retail: 66.1% of total trades | 65.5% of buyers | 68.8% of sellers
Institutions: 33.9% of total trades | 34.5% of buyers | 33.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 38.06 (+3.5%)
Brent: USD 40.62 (+2.11%)
Natural Gas: (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.39 MMBtu, (-0.2%, October 2020 contract)
Gold: USD 1,958 / troy ounce (0.7%)
TASI: 8,079 (-0.12%) (YTD: -3.69%)
ADX: 4,508 (-0.24%) (YTD: -11.17%)
DFM: 2,273 (-0.63%) (YTD: -17.77%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,812 (-0.05%)
QE: 9,712 (-0.49%) (YTD: -6.84%)
MSM: 3,687 (-0.38%) (YTD: -7.39%)
BB: 1,394 (-0.55%) (YTD: -13.39%)