Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Wednesday on a mixed note amid foreign selling.
The benchmark EGX30 index inched down 0.06%% or 8.03 points to the level of 13,816.05 points.
Market capitalisation closed at EGP 768.6 billion, losing EGP 3 billion.
The EGX70 index rose 1% to 806.56 points, while the EGX100 index edged up 0.41% to 1,792.80 points.
The equal-weight EGX50 index slipped 0.15% to 2,395 points.
Trading volume amounted to 637.9 million shares exchanged through 42,680 transactions at a turnover of EGP 1.4 billion.
Egyptian and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 41.68 million and EGP 91.6 million, respectively, while foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 133.3 million.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB) shed 0.14% to EGP 77.03 at a turnover of EGP 96.3 million.
EFG Hermes led blue chips, rising 3.43%, followed by Global Telecom and Porto Group Holding, which levelled up 2.08%, respectively.
