Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Monday’s trading session in red territory, pressured by local sell-off.
The benchmark EGX30 index shed 0.16%, finishing the session at 15,511 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index dipped 0.3% to 673.19 points, while the EGX100 index slid 0.29% to 1,717 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index tumbled 0.96% to 2,379 points.
Trading volume amounted to around 219.08 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 819.55 million through 19,800 transactions.
Egyptian investors were net sellers with EGP 326.77 million, while foreign and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 81.8 million and EGP 244.88 million, respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) slipped 0.23% to EGP 73, with a turnover of EGP 212 million.
Market capitalisation closed at EGP 821.28 billion and lost EGP 3.4 billion.
