Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices rose collectively by the end of Thursday’s trading session, bolstered by Arab and foreign buying.
The benchmark EGX30 index grew 1.25% or 168.06 points to the level of 13,610.61 points.
The small- and medium-sized enterprises EGX70 index edged up 0.59% to 742.58 points, while EGX100 index added 0.83% to 1,652.01 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index levelled up 1.18% to 2,176.98 points.
Trading volume reached 433.85 million shares exchanged through 35,070 transactions at a turnover of EGP 1.48 billion.
Market capitalisation closed at EGP 719.6 billion, gaining EGP 5.7 billion.
Blue chips including Sixth of October for Development and Investment (SODIC), Alexandria Mineral Oils Co (AMOC), and Talaat Moustafa Group Holding (TMGH) rose 5.67%, 5.62%, and 4.53%, respectively.
On the other hand, Amer Group, Porto Group, and Telecom Egypt fell 2.78%, 2.13%, and 1.27%, respectively.
Arab and foreign investors were net buyers with EGP 17.1 million and EGP 1.55 million, respectively, while Egyptian investors were net sellers EGP 18.68 million.
