ArabFinance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices ended in the red territory on Thursday, and the market cap reached EGP 946.855 billion.

The benchmark EGX30 index shed 0.41%, finishing the session at 14,482.93 points, while the EGX50 EWI declined by 0.52%, to stand at 2,569.7 points.

The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) shrank 1.18%, reaching 2,755.19 points, while the EGX100 decreased by 1.14%, ending the session at 4,075.21 points.

Trading volume amounted nearly to 723.563 million shares exchanged through 63.873 transactions at a turnover of EGP 1.895 billion.

Retail investors controlled 61.28% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 38.71% of trading.

Egyptian traders made up 81.34% of total trading transactions, while Arab and non-Arab foreign investors accounted for 4.1% and 14.56%, respectively.

Non-Arab foreign and Arab traders were net sellers with EGP 175.586 million and EGP 6.888 million, respectively, while Egyptian investors were net buyers with EGP 185.474 million.