EGX concludes Thursday’s session in red zone
Updated 8/1/2024 2:53:00 PM
Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices have closed Thursday’s trading session in the red territory, with the market capitalization at EGP 2.006 trillion.
The benchmark EGX30 index lost 0.06%, ending the session at 29,359.87 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) shed 0.44% to close at 6,808.17 points, while the EGX100 EWI slipped 0.44% at 9,719.28 points.
The sharia-compliant index, EGX33 Shariah index, edged down 0.92%, finishing the session at 2,792.78 points.
Today’s trading saw 1.429 billion shares exchanged over 123,794 transactions, generating a turnover of EGP 4.558 billion.
Retail investors controlled 73.27% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors seized 26.72% of trading.
Egyptian traders constituted 86.75% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors accounted for 5.74% and 7.51%, respectively.
Egyptian traders were net sellers with EGP 89.26 million. Arab and non-Arab foreigners were net buyers with EGP 62.801 million and EGP 26.459 million, respectively.
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