Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Tuesday’s trading session on a positive note.

The benchmark EGX30 index rose by 1.19%, finishing the session at 14,498.29 points.  

The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) edged up by 0.53% to 2,667.68 points.  

Meanwhile, the EGX100 index went up by 0.86% to 3,931.56 points, while the EGX50 EWI index added 1.24% to 2,453.24 points.  

Trading volume amounted to nearly 899.751 million shares exchanged through 81,741 transactions at a turnover of EGP 2.6 billion.  

Market capitalization closed today’s trading session at EGP 931.359 billion.  

Retail investors controlled 74.11% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 25.88% of trading.  

Egyptian traders made up 83.32% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign (non-Arab) investors made up 11.57% and 5.12% respectively.  

Foreign traders were net sellers with EGP 182.391 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 32.286 million and EGP 150.104 million, respectively.