ArabFinance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices grew at the end of Thursday’s session. Market capitalization reached EGP 890.365 billion.

The benchmark EGX30 index gained 2.87%, finishing the session at 13,639.73 points, while the EGX50 EWI index added 2.08%, to stand at 2,329.43 points.

The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) grew 1.52%, reaching 2,622.41 points, while the EGX100 increased by 1.85%, ending the session at 3,809.87 points.

Trading volume amounted nearly to 775.312 million shares exchanged through 72,750 transactions at a turnover of EGP 2.744 billion.

Retail investors controlled 52.4% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 47.59% of trading.

Egyptian traders made up 77.1% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors accounted for 4.72% and 18.18%, respectively.

Non-Arab foreign and Arab traders were net sellers with EGP 718.909 million and EGP 11.694 million, respectively, while Egyptian investors were net buyers with EGP 730.603 million.