Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has shown a mixed performance at the closing of Tuesday’s trading session, with market capitalization reaching about EGP 1.168 trillion.
The benchmark EGX30 index gained 0.92%, finishing the session at 17,866.81 points.
On the other hand, the small- and mid-cap EGX70 (EWI) went down 1.31% to 3,531.8 points, and the EGX50 equal-weight index (EWI) added 0.53% to 3,286.8 points
Meanwhile, the EGX100 decreased 0.63%, ending the session at 5,244.51 points.
Trading volume amounted nearly to 1.099 million shares traded through 96,096 transactions at a turnover of EGP 3.840 billion.
Retail investors controlled 61.40% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 38.59% of trading.
Egyptian traders constituted 85.55% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors represented 8.93% and 5.53%, respectively.
Trading on securities saw Egyptians and Arab investors as net buyers with EGP 84.760 million and EGP 21.145 million, respectively, while and non-Arab foreign traders were net sellers with EGP 105.905 million