Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) had seen a mixed performance on Monday, with the EGX30 index closing on a positive note.
The benchmark EGX30 index added 0.40%, ending the session at 16,183.49 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) fell by 1.01% to 2,983.64 points.
Meanwhile, the EGX100 index also slipped by 0.80% to 4,454.06 points, while the EGX50 EWI index shed 0.12% to 2,854.47 points.
Trading volume amounted nearly to 704.260 million shares exchanged through 74,970 transactions at a turnover of EGP 2.424 billion.
Market capitalization closed today’s trading session at EGP 1.055 trillion.
Retail investors controlled 74.88% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 25.11% of trading.
Egyptian traders made up 84.66% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign (non-Arab) investors made up 8.62% and 6.72% respectively.
Egyptian traders were net sellers with EGP 227.383 million, while Arabs were net buyers with EGP 54.018 million and non-Arab foreign investors were net buyers with EGP 2.047 million.