EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 16.20 | Sell 16.33

EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 16.21 | Sell 16.31

EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 16.23 | Sell 16.33

EGX30 (Tuesday): 14,496 (+1.7%)

Turnover: EGP 779 mn (15% above the 90-day average)

EGX 30 year-to-date: +11.2%

THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The EGX30 ended Tuesday’s session up 1.7%. CIB, the index’s heaviest constituent, ended up 2.8%. EGX30’s top performing constituents were Ezz Steel up 7.8%, Pioneers Holding up 4.9%, and Egyptian Iron & Steel up 3.5%. Yesterday’s worst performing stocks were Cairo for Investment and Real Estate down 1.9%, Eastern Company down 0.9% and Egyptian Resorts down 0.7%. The market turnover was EGP 779 mn, and local investors were the sole net sellers.

Foreigners: Net long | EGP +32.0 mn

Regional: Net long | EGP +38.2 mn

Domestic: Net short | EGP -70.2 mn

Retail: 65.1% of total trades | 61.3% of buyers | 68.8% of sellers

Institutions: 34.9% of total trades | 38.7% of buyers | 31.2% of sellers

WTI: USD 53.97 (+0.7%)

Brent: USD 59.17 (+0.5%)

Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.30 MMBtu, (+0.7%, November 2019 contract)

Gold: USD 1,487 / troy ounce (-0.11%)

TASI: 8,052 (-0.5%) (YTD: +2.9%)

ADX: 5,054 (-0.1%) (YTD: +2.8%)

DFM: 2,778 (-0.1%) (YTD: +9.8%)

KSE Premier Market: 6,161 (-0.2%)

QE: 10,434 (+0.7%) (YTD: +1.3%)

MSM: 4,036 (+0.5%) (YTD: -6.7%)

BB: 1,515 (-0.1%) (YTD: +13.3%)