Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Wednesday’s trading session down, pressured by local selling.
The benchmark EGX30 index, down 1.26% or 190.03 points, changed its upward trend to close at 14,833.73.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) shed 1.92% to EGP 75.5 at a turnover of EGP 33.4 million.
The small- and medium-caps EGX70 index dipped 0.12% to 834.33 points, while the broader EGX100 index fell 0.39% to 1,974.55 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index slipped 0.41% to 2,583 points.
Trading volume reached 206.18 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 892.7 million through 24,930 transactions.
Egyptian investors were net sellers with EGP 55.18 million, while foreign and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 39.9 million and EGP 15.24 million respectively.
Market capitalisation closed at EGP 828.9 billion, gaining EGP 23.3 million.
