Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices ended Monday’s trading session in the green territory, with the market capitalization reaching EGP 695.314 billion.
The benchmark EGX30 index gained 1.81%, finishing the session at 10,177.64 points.
The EGX50 EWI index rose by 1.55% to stand at 1,930.69 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) increased by 2.06%, reaching 2,233.52 points, while the EGX100 grew 2.08%, ending the session at 3,204.13 points.
Trading volume amounted to nearly 982.508 million shares exchanged through 60,497 transactions at a turnover of EGP 1.634 billion.
Retail investors controlled 73.32% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 26.67% of trading.
Egyptian traders made up 85.45% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors accounted for 4.64% and 9.91%, respectively.
Foreign and Arab traders were net sellers with EGP 131.162 million and EGP 10.371 million, respectively, while Egyptian investors were net buyers with EGP 141.533 million.