Egyptian Stock Exchange Gains EGP 57.5 bln by End of Trading

Egyptian stock market indices rose collectively at the end of today's trading, amid local sales and Arab and foreign purchases.

The main index of the Egyptian Stock Exchange "EGX30" jumped by 2.92%, closing at 24,773.92 points.

The EGX70 EWI index of medium and small companies rose by 3.07% to end the session at 5,279.66 points.

The broader "EGX 100 EWI" rose by 3.12% to close at 7,670.8 points.

The market cap of shares of companies listed on the stock exchange reached about EGP 57.48 billion, ending trading at EGP 1.66 trillion pounds.

The trading value during today's session amounted to EGP 4.3 billion, with a volume of EGP 1.7 billion shares through 126.3 thousand transactions.

In terms of investor transactions, Egyptians' transactions tended towards selling, recording a net amount of EGP 56.4 million.

Arab investors' transactions in stocks tended to buy, recording a net amount of about EGP 32.9 million.

While Foreigners' transactions tended to buy shares, recording a net amount of EGP 23.5 million.