The Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 15.70 | Sell 15.80
EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 15.71 | Sell 15.81
EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 15.70 | Sell 15.80
EGX30 (Thursday): 10,911 (-0.6%)
Turnover: EGP 1.3 bn (16% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: -21.9%
THE MARKET ON THURSDAY: The EGX30 ended Thursday’s session down 0.6%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended down 0.1%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals up 1.7%, Dice up 1.7%, and Ezz Steel up 1.0%. Thursday’s worst performing stocks were Orascom Investment Holding down 2.8%, GB Auto down 2.7% and TMG Holding down 2.6%. The market turnover was EGP 1.3 bn, and foreign investors were the sole net sellers.
Foreigners: Net short | EGP -134.4 mn
Regional: Net long | EGP +28.6 mn
Domestic: Net long | EGP +107.8 mn
Retail: 73.3% of total trades | 73.9% of buyers | 72.8% of sellers
Institutions: 26.7% of total trades | 26.1% of buyers | 27.2% of sellers
WTI: USD 40.25 (-0.15%)
Brent: USD 41.92 (-0.05%)
Natural Gas: (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.14 MMBtu, (-4.85%, October 2020 contract)
Gold: USD 1,866.30 / troy ounce (-0.56%)
TASI: 8,236 (-0.10%) (YTD: -1.82%)
ADX: 4.466 (-0.52%) (YTD: -12.00%)
DFM: 2,252 (-1.45%) (YTD: -18.54%)
KSE Premier Market: 6,221 (-0.3%)
QE: 9,788 (+0.01%) (YTD: -6.11%)
MSM: 3,627 (+0.15%) (YTD: -8.90%)
BB: 1,450 (-0.04%) (YTD: -9.92%)