Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices closed Wednesday’s trading on a varied note, with market capitalization at EGP 1.149 trillion.
The benchmark EGX30 index shed 0.49% to stand at 17,380.33 points, while the EGX50 equal-weight index (EWI) slipped 0.52% to close trading at 3,229.69 points.
On the other hand, the small- and mid-cap EGX70 (EWI) added 1.31% to end the session at 3,569.33 points.
Meanwhile, the EGX100 gained 0.92%, notching 5,267.05 points.
Today’s trading saw 712.312 million shares exchanged over 63,132 transactions, with a turnover of EGP 1.572 billion.
As for investor’s trading activity, retail investors controlled 70.94% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 29.05% of trading.
Egyptian traders constituted 86.02% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors accounted for 8.4% and 5.58%, respectively.
Egyptian traders were net purchasers with EGP 67.946 million. Non-Arab foreigners and Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 21.491 million and EGP 46.455 million, respectively.