12 Sectors Post Gains in Stock Exchange within Week, "Energy" Tops List

On the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX), 12 sectors rose during the trading week, led by energy and support services by 4.3%, followed by the tourism and entertainment sector by 4.2%, followed by the real estate, contracting and engineering construction sectors by 3.6%.

Top sectors during the trading week

Energy and Support Services by 4.3%.

Tourism and Entertainment sector by 4.2%.

Real estate, Contracting and Construction sectors by 3.6%.

The services, industrial products, automobiles, paper and packaging materials sectors rose by 2.8%, 2.2%, respectively, and the building materials, health care and pharmaceuticals, food, beverages and tobacco sectors jumped by 1.8%, 1.5%, 1.3%, respectively.

The sectors of non-banking financial services, trade and distributors, and basic resources increased by 0.9%, 0.5%, 0.3%, respectively.

5 Sectors led by banks declined by 3.5%

5 sectors, led by banks, declined by 3.5%, followed by the textiles and durable goods sector by 2.7%, followed by the educational services sector by 1.4%.

Finally the transport, shipping, communications, media and information technology services sectors also declined by 0.6% and 0.4%, respectively.

The main index "EGX30" dropped by 1.23%

The main index "EGX30" dropped by 1.23% to close at the level of 10548.14 points, during the sessions of the last week, the third week during Ramadan, while the index of small and medium-sized stocks "EGX70 EWI rose by 3.10% to close at the level of 1831.32 points, and the EGX 100 EWI index rose by 2.39% to close at 2767.75 points.

The "EGX30 EWI index decreased by 0.34%

The "EGX30 EWI index decreased by 0.34% to close at the level of 12992.61 points, and the Tamayoz index Index fell by 4.27% to close at the level of 3,851.85 points.

Market cap lost EGP 1.6 billion during the last week’s sessions 

The market cap lost about EGP 1.6 billion during the last week’s sessions to close at EGP 688.9 billion, a decrease of 0.2%, and the market cap of the main index declined from EGP 403.3 billion to EGP 399.5 billion, a decrease of 0.9%.

The market cap of the small and medium-sized index increased from EGP 116.2 billion to EGP 118.6 billion, with a growth rate of 2%.

The capital of the broader index also declined from EGP 519.5 billion to EGP 518.1 billion, a decrease of 0.3%, and the market cap of the Nile Exchange fell from EGP 2.2 billion to EGP 2.1 billion, a decrease of 0.4%.