Middle East tensions drag EGX down on Sunday
Updated 3/1/2026 1:58:00 PM
Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) showed a negative performance on Sunday, as the EGX30 index fell by 2.50% to 47,984.26 points on the back of heightened regional tensions.
The EGX33 Shariah index also retreated by 2.90% to 5,022.19 points.
Meanwhile, the EGX35-LV fell by 2.11% to 5,046.51 points.
Both the EGX70 index and the EGX70 index closed the session lower by 3.15% at 11,908.86 points and by 2.92% at 16,837.44 points, respectively.
A total of 1.187 billion shares were exchanged over 161,129 transactions at a value of EGP 5.301 billion, while the market cap hit EGP 3.174 trillion.
Individuals accounted for 69.2% of trading transactions, whereas institutions equaled 30.79%.
Egyptians took over with 88.02%, while foreign and Arab investors represented 6.51% and 5.47%, respectively.
Arab and foreign traders were net sellers with EGP 121.484 million and EGP 257.356 million, respectively. Egyptian investors were net buyers with EGP 378.840 million.
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