Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) had seen a green performance on Wednesday, with the EGX30 index closing on a positive note.
The benchmark EGX30 index edged up 0.03%, finishing the session at 15,987.15 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) added 0.42% to 2,974.92 points.
Meanwhile, the EGX100 index fell by 0.07% to 4,428.96 points, while the EGX50 EWI index dropped by 0.96% to 2,821.35 points.
Trading volume amounted nearly to 945.999 million shares exchanged through 101,102 transactions at a turnover of EGP 3.468 billion.
Market capitalization closed today’s trading session at EGP 1.049 trillion.
Retail investors controlled 68.45% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 31.54% of trading.
Egyptian traders made up 77.4% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign (non-Arab) investors made up 5.43% and 17.18% respectively.
Egyptian traders were net buyers with EGP 7.261 million, while Arab and foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 4.246 million and EGP 3.014 million, respectively.