ArabFinance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices ended Wednesday’s session in the green territory, with market capitalization reaching EGP 959.251 billion.

The benchmark EGX30 index gained 0.64%, finishing the session at 14,578.21 points, while the EGX50 EWI added 0.91%, to stand at 2,601.66 points.

The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) rose 1.09%, reaching 2,791.59 points, while the EGX100 increased by 1.07%, ending the session at 4,130.88 points.

Trading volume amounted nearly to 538.216 million shares exchanged through 47,671 transactions at a turnover of EGP 1.269 billion.

Retail investors controlled 69.84% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 30.15% of trading.

Egyptian traders made up 84.05% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors accounted for 6.2% and 9.75%, respectively.

Non-Arab foreign and Arab traders were net sellers with EGP 40.556 million and EGP 11.285 million, respectively, while Egyptian investors were net buyers with EGP 51.841 million.