ArabFinance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices saw a negative performance on Thursday and the market cap stood at EGP 973.506 billion.

The benchmark EGX30 index shed 1.54%, finishing the session at 15,141.55 points, while the EGX50 EWI index declined by 1.21% to stand at 2,633.08 points.

The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) went down by 0.65%, reaching 2,864.04 points, while the EGX100 lost 0.78%, ending the session at 4,214.35 points.

Trading volume amounted nearly to 1.854 billion shares exchanged through 109,654 transactions at a turnover of EGP 3.62 billion.

Retail investors controlled 69.68% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 30.31% of trading.

Egyptian traders made up 78.25% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors accounted for 8.53% and 13.22%, respectively.

Non-Arab foreign traders were net sellers with EGP 471.045 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 270.874 million and EGP 200.171 million, respectively.