Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) concluded Sunday’s trading session with a positive performance after the EGX30 index climbed by 2.54% to 41,211.27 points.
The Sharia-compliant index, EGX33 Shariah, rose by 2.60% to 4,332.61 points.
Likewise, the EGX35-LV edged up by 1.65% to 4,492.83 points.
Both the EGX70 index and the EGX100 finished the trading session higher by 0.41% at 12,196.54 points and by 0.67% at 16,267.33.
A total of 2.300 billion shares were traded over 155,847 transactions at a value of EGP 6.257 billion. Meanwhile, the market cap amounted to EGP 2.925 trillion.
Egyptians took over 94.62% of trading transactions, while foreign and Arab traders equaled 1.25% and 4.13%, respectively.
Individual investors controlled 82.09% of total trading, while institutions represented 17.9%.
Egyptian investors were purchasers with EGP 107.372 million. Arab and foreign traders were sellers with EGP 97.850 million and EGP 9.522 million, respectively.