EGX ends Monday in red on foreign sales

Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Monday’s trading session in red territory.

The benchmark EGX30 index fell by 0.15% to finish the session at 13,960 points.

Likewise, the small- and mid-cap EGX70 index retreated 0.51% to 602.45 points, whereas the broader EGX100 index went down 0.47% to close at 1,536.95 points.  

Meanwhile, the equal-weighted EGX50 index dropped by 0.25% to end the session at 2,100 points.

Market capitalization lost about EGP 2.36 billion to EGP 755.95 billion on Monday, compared to EGP 758.32 billion on Sunday.

Trading volume stood at about 100.9 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 411.3 million through around 13,900 transactions.  

Egyptian and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 48.3 million and EGP 8.6 million, respectively, while foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 56.9 million.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 27-May-2019 13:29 (GMT)
Mubasher Last Update Time: 27-May-2019 13:29 (GMT)