ArabFinance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has closed Tuesday’s trading session on a mixed note.
The benchmark EGX30 index rose 1.58%, finishing the session at 10,898.69 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) dipped 0.05% to 1,809.62 points.
Meanwhile, the EGX100 index edged up 0.35% to 2,764.66 points, while the EGX50 EWI index added 0.77% to 1,864.26 points.
Trading volume amounted nearly to 1.72 billion shares exchanged through 26,155 transactions at a turnover of EGP 30.24 billion.
Market capitalization closed today’s trading session at EGP 704.059 billion.
Retail investors controlled 1.35% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 98.64% of trading.
Egyptian traders made up 50.24% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors made up 49.05% and 0.71% respectively.
Arab traders were net buyers with EGP 29.46 billion, while Egyptian and foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 29.28 billion and EGP 176.29 million, respectively.