Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Sunday’s trading session in red territory, dragged down by Arab selloff.
The benchmark EGX30 index shed 0.74%, finishing the first session of the week at 15,135 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index slid 0.42% to 675.25 points, while the broader EGX 100 index levelled down 0.46% to 1,722 points.
Similarly, the equal-weighted EGX50 index slipped 0.55% to 2,404 points.
Trading volume amounted to around 146.5 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 347.3 million through 15,120 transactions.
Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 256.6 million, while Egyptian and foreign traders were net buyers with EGP 187.6 million and EGP 69 million, respectively.
Market capitalisation closed the session at EGP 824.6 billion, losing EGP 5.5 billion.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) dropped 1.39% to EGP 73, with a turnover of EGP 6.8 million.
