Cairo – Mubasher: The indices of the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) closed Monday’s trading session with a mixed performance.
The benchmark EGX30 index gained 0.75% or 112.56 points to close at 15,158.12 points, backed by blue chips.
The EGX70 index for small and medium shares lost 0.11% to 853.78 points.
Meanwhile, the EGX100 index added 0.03% to 2,034 points.
EGX’s trading value stood at EGP 1.3 billion after 264 million shares were exchanged through about 31,300 transactions.
The market cap gained EGP 8.1 billion to close the session at EGP 876.4 billion.
Foreign investors performed purchasing transactions at a total of EGP 234.3 million, while Egyptian and Arab traders executed selling deals valued at EGP 207.4 million and EGP 26.9 million, respectively.
The Commercial International Bank (CIB) rose by 1.09% to end Monday at EGP 75.9 at a total turnover of EGP 88.8 million.
Abu Qir Fertilizers topped winners with 9.98%, followed by Heliopolis Housing and Emaar Misr with 2.55% and 2.47%, respectively.
Meanwhile, Porto Group Holding led losers with 3.03%, followed by EFG Hermes with 2.48%.
