The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.70 | Sell 15.80
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.70 | Sell 15.80
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.72 | Sell 15.82
EGX30 (Thursday): 11,070 (+1.3%)
Turnover: EGP 1.1 bn (1% below the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -20.7%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session up 1.3%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 1.0%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Porto Group up 6.8%, Ezz Steel up 5.9%, and Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals up 4.7%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Eastern Co down 0.3%, EFG Hermes down 0.1% and Orascom Construction down 0.1%. The market turnover was EGP 1.1 bn, and local investors were the sole net buyers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -37.5 mn
Regional: Net short | EGP -5.0 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +42.5 mn
Retail: 75.7% of total trades | 77.2% of buyers | 74.1% of sellers
Institutions: 24.3% of total trades | 22.8% of buyers | 25.9% of sellers
WTI: USD 37.33 (+0.08%)
Brent: USD 39.83 (-0.57%)
Natural Gas: (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.27 MMBtu, (-2.32%, October contract)
Gold: USD 1,947.90 / troy ounce (-0.83%)
TASI: 8,135 (+0.69%) (YTD: -3.03%)
ADX: 4,519 (+0.23%) (YTD: -10.97%)
DFM: 2,270 (-0.14%) (YTD: -17.88%)
KSE Premier Market: 5,835 (+0.39%)
QE: 9,763 (+0.53%) (YTD: -6.35%)
MSM: 3,686 (-0.02%) (YTD: -7.41%)
BB: 1,389 (-0.35%) (YTD: -13.69%)