Cairo - Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) ended Tuesday’s trading session on a group rise by its indices on the back of the purchasing activity of Arab and foreign investors.
The benchmark index EGX30 went up by 2.18% or 279.85 points and closed at the level of 13,129.27 points.
EGX70 gained 1.2% and closed at 522.43 points, while the broader index EGX100 added 1.21% to 1,259.54 points.
Similarly, the equal-weighted index EGX50 grew 2.53% to the level of 2,007.04 points.
Meanwhile, 26 of blue chip stocks ended the session in the green zone, led by Domty which surged 9.99%, Palm Hills with 9.22%, and Edita with 8.11%.
Commercial International Bank (CIB), the stock with the biggest weight in the main index, went up 4.32% and closed at EGP 80.5.
Only three blue chips closed in red, as Credit Agricole, Sidi Kerir, and AMOC fell 2.49%, 2.5%, and 4.51% respectively.
Arab and foreign investors were net buyers at EGP 91 million and EGP 41 million respectively, while Egyptian investors leaned towards selling and netted EGP 132.8 million.
Total traded volumes reached 291.5 million shares with a turnover of EGP 1.6 billion through nearly 39,400 transactions.
The market capital increased by EGP 8.3 billion to EGP 638.26 billion.
