HEGAZY BRIEFMonday, 19 October 2026 Past editions
8:00 AM in Cairo
الثامنة صباحًا بتوقيت القاهرة

While Cairo slept,
the world moved.

بينما كانت القاهرة نائمة، تحرّك العالم.

I don’t guess what the world is doing.

I know.

أنا لا أخمّن ما يفعله العالم. أنا أعرف.

35checks every morning
70markets tracked
6continents covered
8:00ready before Cairo wakes
FRI 11:00 PMNew York −2.15% Nasdaq at the close.ناسداك الأمريكي عند الإغلاق.
MON 9:30 AMTokyo −0.62% Nikkei 225 at the close.نيكاي الياباني عند الإغلاق.
MON 6:30 PMEurope −0.72% STOXX 600 at the close.STOXX 600 الأوروبي عند الإغلاق.

Good morning. Here’s the full picture, sector by sector.

صباح الخير. هذه الصورة الكاملة، قطاعًا بقطاع.

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  1. الأرقام الخضراء ارتفعت والحمراء انخفضت. النسبة المئوية توضح مقدار التغير منذ آخر جلسة.
  2. الكلمات المسطّرة يمكن الضغط عليها. ضغطة واحدة تشرح المصطلح ببساطة دون مغادرة الصفحة.
  3. كل خبر يجيب عن ثلاثة أسئلة: ماذا حدث، ولماذا، وماذا يعني لمصر.
  4. تريد التفاصيل؟ اضغط «اقرأ التحليل الكامل» تحت أي خبر.
  5. ما زال الأمر غير واضح؟ اضغط «اسأل» أسفل الصفحة واسأل أي سؤال بالعربية أو الإنجليزية.

In brief

باختصار

  • Markets & tradingThe Egyptian Exchange البورصة المصرية (official)
  • Markets & tradingCategory 2 Hurricane Isaias nears landfall, leading to production shut-ins Today in Energy (official)
  • Markets & tradingEgyptian Exchange: MNT-Halan retail tranche oversubscribed 43.6 times, listing expected October 20 african markets
  • Markets & tradingCIB backed MNT-Halan with EGP 2 billion: target for COMI stock rose to EGP 150.00 ad-hoc-news.de
  • Markets & tradingBanque du Caire Seeks Up to $454 Million in Egypt IPO Bloomberg.com
  • Markets & tradingIntro Holding signs partnership and management agreement with Mona El Helw, who joins M squared as Managing Partner and CEO شبكة تواصل الإخبارية
  • Markets & tradingGov’t plans five PPP desalination plants worth USD 800 mn, with operations expected to begin in 2030 EnterpriseAM
  • Markets & tradingAbu Qir Fertilizers stock gained 4.00 percent ahead of results ad-hoc-news.de
  • EconomyPress Releases Reserve Bank of India (official)
  • Economyالشركات المرخص لها البنك المركزي السعودي (official)
  • Economy- Reserve Bank of India Reserve Bank of India (official)
  • EconomyFrank Elderson: From climate and nature risks to economic resilience and competitiveness ECB - European Central Bank (official)
  • Economyaverage salary - BLS Data - Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics (.gov) (official)
  • EconomyLAUS Map - BLS Data - Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics (.gov) (official)
  • EconomyOEWS Maps - BLS Data - Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics (.gov) (official)
  • EconomyFederal Reserve raises interest rates for the 1st time since 2023 ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  • FinanceTruist Financial (NYSE:TFC) Announces Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.01 EPS MarketBeat
  • FinanceChubb (CB) Q3 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For TradingView
  • FinanceQCOM Stock Drops Nearly 8% After Hours — Qualcomm’s Q3 EPS Misses, Weak Q4 Outlook Overshadows Revenue Beat Stocktwits
  • FinanceWhat To Expect From Ally Financial’s (ALLY) Q3 Earnings Yahoo Finance
  • FinanceEarnings To Watch: Synchrony Financial (SYF) Reports Q3 Results Tomorrow StockStory
  • FinanceHasbro (HAS) To Report Earnings Tomorrow: Here Is What To Expect TradingView
  • FinanceWhat to Expect in Markets This Week: Meta, Tesla Report; Airlines, Streaming Giants’ Results Due Investopedia
  • FinanceJPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.19 EPS MarketBeat
  • AccountingTristel Adjusted Profit Rises 15% but Earnings Per Share Gain Is Only 6% AskTraders.com
  • AccountingWhere Will Microsoft Stock Be in 2030? The Globe and Mail
  • AccountingTruist Financial (TFC) Q3 Earnings Recast A Bank In Reset Mode Yahoo Finance
  • AccountingMKC Stock Pops Premarket: McCormick CEO Highlights Margin Strength In Tough Cost Environment Stocktwits
  • AccountingTruist Financial (TFC) Stock Price Ignores Q3 Earnings Clean Up Costs Simply Wall Street
  • AccountingHorace Mann Educators Q2 Results: Adjusted EPS beats estimates by 42.68% scanx.trade
  • AccountingSandisk Stock Forecast: Can AI Storage Demand Justify SNDK’s Premium Valuation Ahead of Earnings? TradingKey
  • AccountingNidec shares hit decade low as report finds execs liable in accounting scandal Investing.com
  • PoliticsRegional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere, October 2026 International Monetary Fund | IMF (official)
  • PoliticsGroup of 30 Lecture: Balancing Innovation and Stability in Modern Digital Finance International Monetary Fund | IMF (official)
  • PoliticsWorld Economic Outlook (October 2026) - Real GDP growth International Monetary Fund | IMF (official)
  • PoliticsHow is Labor Demand Changing as AI Improves? New Global Evidence International Monetary Fund | IMF (official)
  • PoliticsLead time to export, median case (days) - Czechia, St. Martin (French part) World Bank Open Data (official)
  • PoliticsInside the New York ‘time machine’ racing to save a century of sound and film UN News - Global perspective Human stories (official)
  • PoliticsMacron calls for calm in France and warns rioting must not escalate BBC
  • PoliticsStudent protests in Albania rattle government World Socialist Web Site
  • Business & techBank of America Identifies Technoprobe and Soitec as Preferred European Semiconductor Stocks Yahoo Finance UK
  • Business & techKorean Stocks Fall as DeepSeek Model, Funding Worry Rattle Chips Bloomberg.com
  • Business & techMarkets Brief: Chip Stocks Sell Off, Investors Rotate Into Value, and What to Watch in Big Tech Earnings Morningstar
  • Business & techThe AI Boom Is Entering a New Phase: 2 Stocks to Buy Now, According to Wall Street Analysts The Motley Fool
  • Business & techBreaking: KOSPI Plunges 3.17% as Semiconductor Stocks Tumble 조선일보
  • Business & techINTC, AMD, MU, SNDK: US Chip Stocks Rebound After Worst Week Since March TradingView
  • Business & techU.S. price indicators have shaken semiconductor stocks again. The U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) fo.. 매일경제
  • Business & tech3 Bank Stocks To Watch As Interest Rates Reshape Global Financials Simply Wall Street
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Charts

الرسوم البيانية

Every bar is a sourced number.

Today’s moves

حركة اليوم

Energy+2.52%
Mexico IPC+1.87%
KOSPI+1.76%
Utilities+1.34%
Silver+1.22%
Ethereum+1.16%
Consumer staples+1.08%
Bitcoin+0.94%
Copper+0.82%
Materials+0.71%
CAC 40−1.31%
FTSE MIB−1.41%
Russell 2000−1.66%
Emerging markets (EEM fund)−1.74%
Communication−1.89%
Total crypto market cap (USD bn)−1.96%
Nasdaq−2.15%
Technology−3.02%
WTI−3.06%
Indonesia−3.64%

Daily change at last close, %. Source: Yahoo Finance.

التغير اليومي عند آخر إغلاق %. المصدر: ياهو فاينانس.

S&P 500

7,659.44
+3.34% over 60 days

2026-07-24 to 2026-10-16. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Nasdaq

26,140.03
+4.66% over 60 days

2026-07-24 to 2026-10-16. Source: Yahoo Finance.

US 10-year yield (%)

5.10
+8.95% over 60 days

2026-07-24 to 2026-10-16. Source: Yahoo Finance.

STOXX 600

640.08
−1.05% over 60 days

2026-07-28 to 2026-10-19. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Nikkei 225

64,916.70
−1.99% over 60 days

2026-07-21 to 2026-10-19. Source: Yahoo Finance.

USD/EGP

53.80
+6.15% over 60 days

2026-07-28 to 2026-10-19. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Brent oil (USD)

108.63
+22.94% over 60 days

2026-07-27 to 2026-10-19. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Gold (USD)

4,189.10
+2.75% over 60 days

2026-07-27 to 2026-10-19. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Wheat (US cents)

663.25
+0.49% over 60 days

2026-07-27 to 2026-10-19. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Bitcoin (USD)

82,784.95
+5.68% over 60 days

2026-08-21 to 2026-10-19. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Markets board

لوحة الأسواق

Last close from Yahoo Finance, the ECB, CoinGecko and FRED. Updated 13:06 Cairo time; may be delayed.

USA

S&P 5007,659.44 (−1.09%)
Nasdaq26,140.03 (−2.15%)
Dow52,002.41 (−0.34%)
Russell 20002,721.37 (−1.66%)
VIX18.59 (−7.00%)

US sectors (SPDR funds)

Technology183.47 (−3.02%)
Financials55.52 (+0.45%)
Energy68.24 (+2.52%)
Health care176.71 (−0.27%)
Consumer discretionary112.46 (−0.84%)
Consumer staples87.62 (+1.08%)
Industrials167.76 (−0.08%)
Materials50.92 (+0.71%)
Utilities42.21 (+1.34%)
Real estate42.16 (+0.40%)
Communication110.32 (−1.89%)

Europe

STOXX 600640.08 (−0.72%)
FTSE 10010,789.05 (−0.85%)
DAX25,358.17 (−1.03%)
CAC 407,852.22 (−1.31%)
FTSE MIB49,151.78 (−1.41%)
IBEX 3519,073.50 (−1.31%)

Asia

Nikkei 22564,916.70 (−0.62%)
Hang Seng24,186.83 (+0.52%)
Shanghai3,730.92 (+0.39%)
KOSPI5,768.01 (+1.76%)
Taiwan46,822.08 (−0.61%)
Sensex73,810.81 (−1.23%)
Nifty 5022,888.95 (−1.11%)
Indonesia4,996.61 (−3.64%)
ASX 2008,845.70 (+0.44%)

Gulf

Saudi TASIno data

Egypt

EGX30no data

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MNT-Halanno data
Talaat Moustafa82.30 (−2.89%)
Eastern Company28.43 (−2.97%)
Abu Qir Fertilizers83.20 (−5.11%)
Elsewedy Electric105.55 (−6.66%)

Rest of world

Canada TSX36,176.60 (+0.11%)
Brazil Bovespa205,430 (+0.54%)
Mexico IPC68,929.72 (+1.87%)
Turkey BIST 10011,617.04 (−0.89%)
Emerging markets (EEM fund)62.85 (−1.74%)

US bond yields (%)

US 5-year4.90 (0.00%)
US 10-year5.10 (+0.18%)
US 30-year5.44 (+0.13%)

Currencies

Dollar index101.93 (+0.09%)
EUR/USD1.12 (−0.02%)
GBP/USD1.33 (+0.39%)
USD/JPY158.23 (+0.06%)
USD/CNY6.68 (−0.16%)
USD/INR94.92 (+0.41%)
USD/TRY49.54 (+0.04%)
USD/EGP53.80 (+0.75%)

Commodities (USD)

Brent108.63 (−1.12%)
WTI98.31 (−3.06%)
US natural gas3.13 (+0.55%)
Gold4,189.10 (+0.19%)
Silver57.69 (+1.22%)
Copper6.58 (+0.82%)
Wheat (cents)663.25 (+0.42%)
Corn (cents)473.00 (−0.26%)
Soybeans (cents)1,261.75 (+0.04%)
Sugar (cents)20.60 (−1.20%)

Crypto (USD)

Bitcoin82,784.95 (+0.94%)
Ethereum2,436.80 (+1.16%)

Currencies (ECB reference rates)

USD/EUR (ECB)0.89 (−0.40%)
USD/GBP (ECB)0.75 (−0.66%)
USD/JPY (ECB)158.02 (+0.03%)
USD/CNY (ECB)6.69 (−0.07%)
USD/INR (ECB)94.96 (−0.11%)
USD/TRY (ECB)49.53 (+0.22%)

Crypto market

Total crypto market cap (USD bn)2,754.17 (−1.96%)

US rates and jobs (FRED)

US 2-year yield (%)no data
US 10-year yield (%, FRED)no data
US 30-year yield (%)no data
Fed funds target, top (%)no data
US unemployment (%)no data

Risk radar

رادار المخاطر

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