Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices closed Tuesday’s trading session on a mixed note.
The benchmark EGX30 index lost 0.11%, finishing the session at 9,817.37 points, while the EGX50 EWI index grew by 0.37% to stand at 1,909.91 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) added 1.08%, reaching 2,267.84 points, while the EGX100 gained 0.95%, ending the session at 3,206.41 points.
Trading volume amounted to nearly 528.258 million shares exchanged through 47,304 transactions at a turnover of EGP 1.071 billion.
Market capitalization closed today’s trading session at EGP 688.581 billion.
Retail investors controlled 80.66% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 19.33% of trading.
Egyptian traders made up 83.07% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors accounted for 7.72% and 9.22%, respectively.
Foreign were net sellers with EGP 149.156 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 107.727 million and EGP 41.428 million, respectively.