Cairo - Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) ended Wednesday’s trading session on a mixed note in the first session after imposing the stamp duty tax on the capital market.
The benchmark index EGX30 fell 0.16%, losing 21.33 points, and closed at the level of 13,395.81 points.
On the other hand, EGX70 went up by 1.90% to 649.42 points, the broader index EGX100 rose 0.76% to the level of 1,509.24 points.
Similarly, the equal- weighted index added 0.23% and closed at 2,076 points.
The market capital EGP 693.4 billion, increasing by EGP 1.8 billion.
Traded volumes reached 174.82 million shares with a total turnover of EGP 1.004 billion, through 21,500 transactions.
Talaat Mostafa Group led the gainers as it surged 5.79% to the level of EGP 7.86, after the company’s CEO was released after nine years in prison.
The Commercial International Bank (CIB), the stock with the heaviest weight in the main index declined by 1.31% to EGP 79.92.
Foreign investors were inclined to buy with a net EGP 27.35 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net sellers at EGP 21.6 million and EGP 5.7 million, respectively.
