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Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) concluded Wednesday’s trading session in the green zone after the EGX30 index rose by 1.76% to 41,342.03 points.
The Sharia-compliant index, EGX33 Shariah, grew by 1.15% to 4,315.88 points.
Likewise, the EGX35-LV edged up by 0.32% to 4,520.29 points.
Both the EGX70 index and the EGX100 ended the trading session higher by 0.41% at 12,431 points and by 0.48% at 16,540.96.
EGX’s turnover stood at EGP 6.886 billion through the exchange of 2.906 billion shares over 144,323 transactions, while the market cap hit EGP 2.916 trillion.
Egyptians represented 87.4% of the trading transactions, while foreign and Arab traders equaled 6.69% and 5.91%, respectively.
Individual investors controlled 71.81% of the total trading, while institutions accounted for 28.18%.
Arab and foreign traders were sellers with EGP 205.843 million and EGP 185.700 million, respectively. Egyptian investors were buyers with EGP 205.843 million.
