Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Monday’s trading session on a mixed note amid foreign buying against local and Arab selling.
The benchmark EGX30 index has ended the session up 88.78 points, or 0.5%, at 17,684 points.
Market capitalisation gained EGP 5.2 billion and closed at EGP 984.9 billion.
The small- and medium-cap EGX70 index edged up 0.18% to 877.34 points, while the broader EGX100 index slipped 0.23% to 2,260 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index levelled up 0.61% to 3,047 points.
Trading volume stood at around EGP 739.8 million shares exchanged through 51,500 transactions at a turnover of EGP 2.5 billion.
Foreign investors were net buyers with EGP 88 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 14.8 million and EGP 73.2 million, respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) shed 1.61% to EGP 87, with a turnover of EGP 92.4 million.
Egyptian Chemical Industries (Kima) led rising blue chips with 14.46%, followed by TMG Holding and Amer Group which rose 9.97% and 7.69%, respectively.
On the other hand, Eastern Co topped declining blue chips with 4.08%, followed by Egyptian Resorts and Qalaa Holdings which fell 3.36% and 3.21%, respectively.
