Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) concluded Sunday on a mixed note, as market capitalisation gained EGP 137 million amid foreign buying appetite for blue-chip stocks.
The benchmark index EGX30 added 56 points or 0.50% to close at 11,277.47 points, thus registering the highest performance since 8 May 2008.
CIB, Talaat Mustafa, SODIC, Edita, Hermes, Qalaa, Amer Group, OT, Madinet Nasr and Ezz Steel saw a 0.09%-7% rise.
Domty, GB Auto, Elsewedy, GT, Pioneers, Egyptian Resorts, Arab Cement and AMOC recorded a 0.4-5.8% decline.
On the flipside, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 decreased 0.92% to 424.36 points.
Likewise, the broader index EGX100 fell 0.55% to 10,125.62 points and the equal-weighted index EGX50 lost 0.19% to 1,758.58 points.
Market capitalization closed higher at EGP 544.2 billion.
Foreign traders were net buyers by EGP 98.8 million, while Egyptians and Arabs were net sellers by EGP 34.9 million and EGP 63.9 million respectively.
Trading value reached EGP 1.4 billion after 607.1 million shares were traded.
Out of 186 traded stocks, 62 were up, 102 down and 22 stayed at their previous levels.
Talaat Moustafa was the most active stock in terms of value after registering EGP 129.3 million for 15 million shares traded.
Orascom Telecom was the most active in terms of volume after 134.9 million shares were traded at EGP 119.2 million.
Both stocks rose 0.12% and 5.88%, respectively.
