Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) ended trading on Sunday, October 25, with its benchmark EGX 30 index, which tracks 30 leading companies by liquidity and trading activity, down 3.56% to 49,234.35 points.
Losses extended across all three major indices. The EGX 70 EWI, which tracks small and mid-cap stocks, dropped 11.07% to 15,282.64 points, while the broader EGX 100 EWI fell 8.88% to 21,064.53 points.
Shares of 10 companies advanced and five remained unchanged, while 209 stocks declined.
Total trading value reached EGP 7.176 billion across 250,360 transactions, while market capitalization stood at EGP 3.778 trillion at the close.
Individual investors accounted for 78.66% of market turnover, compared with 21.33% for institutions. Egyptian investors represented 94.02% of trading activity, followed by foreign investors at 3.36% and Arab investors at 2.63%.
Egyptian and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 47.605 million and EGP 32.600 million, respectively. Foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 80.205 million.
