Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has shown a mixed performance at the closing of Wednesday’s trading session, with market capitalization reaching about EGP 1.165 trillion.
The benchmark EGX30 index added 0.04%, finishing the session at 17,873.28 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 (EWI) went down 0.81% to 3,503.27 points, while the EGX50 equal-weight index (EWI) was down 0.35% at 3,275.45 points.
Meanwhile, the EGX100 declined 0.73%, ending the session at 5,206.1 points.
Trading volume amounted nearly to 923.587 million shares traded through 82,124 transactions at a turnover of EGP 2.736 billion.
Retail investors controlled 75.15% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 24.84% of trading.
Egyptian traders constituted 86.61% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors represented 7.66% and 5.73%, respectively.
Trading on securities saw Arab and foreign investors as net sellers with EGP 99.601 million and EGP 23.740 million, respectively, while Egyptian traders were net buyers with EGP 75.860 million.