Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) ended Wednesday’s trading session in the green zone, as the EGX30 index rose by 0.44% to 51,492.83 points.
The Shariah index climbed by 0.82% to 6,348.74 points, and the EGX35-LV increased by 1.37% to 6,202.92 points.
Likewise, the EGX70 index and EGX100 index finished the session higher by 2.31% to 18,330.75 points and 1.73% to 24,413.26 points, respectively.
The turnover reached EGP 7.315 billion after the exchange of 1.620 billion shares through 188,242 transactions, while the market cap totaled EGP 4.025 trillion.
Individuals took over 71.6% of trading transactions, while institutions accounted for 28.39%.
Egyptians controlled 85.67% of total trading, while foreign and Arab investors represented 11.8% and 2.53%, respectively.
Egyptian investors were buyers with EGP 325.939 million. Arab and foreign traders were net sellers with EGP 8.957 million and EGP 316.981 million, respectively.