Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices moved upwardly on Monday, closing the trading session in the green zone.
The benchmark EGX30 index rose by 0.93%, finishing the session at 9,854.21 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) gained 2.95% to 2,177.01 points.
Meanwhile, the EGX100 index went up by 2.38% to 3,109.03 points, while the EGX50 EWI added 1.26% to 1,879.27 points.
Trading volume amounted to nearly 443.595 million shares exchanged through 44,359 transactions at a turnover of EGP 829.433 billion.
Market capitalization closed today’s trading session at EGP 682.167 billion.
Retail investors controlled 76.66% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 23.33% of trading.
Egyptian traders made up 89.09% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign (non-Arab) investors made up 4.73% and 6.18% respectively.
Egyptian traders were net buyers with EGP 62.336 million, while Arab and foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 15.277 million and EGP 47.058 million, respectively.