Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices rose collectively at Sunday’s close, bolstered by Arab and foreign buying.
The benchmark EGX30 index closed up 0.64% or 88.27 points to the level of 13,976.78 points.
The EGX70 index grew 0.92% to 780.65 points, while the EGX100 index rose 1.04% to 1,741.71 points.
Market capitalisation closed at EGP 756.29 billion, gaining EGP 7.6 billion.
The equal-weighted EGX50 edged up 0.96% to 2,335.64 points.
Trading volume stood at 335.6 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 927.1 million through 30.500 transactions.
Arab and foreign investors were net buyers with EGP 7.7 million and EGP 1.1 million, respectively, while Egyptian were net sellers with EGP 8.8 million.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB) shed 0.23% to EGP 81.68, at a turnover of EGP 20.5 million.
Egyptian Chemical Industries (Kima) led the blue chips by 8.32%, followed by Alexandria Mineral Oils Co (AMOC) and Emaar Misr, which levelled up 6.39% and 4.86%, respectively.
On the other hand, Arab Cotton Ginning, Arabian Food Industries (Domty), and Egyptian resorts fell 5.54%, 3.39%, and 2.84%, respectively.
