Cairo – Mubasher: Egyptian and foreign sell-offs weighed on the indices of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) on Thursday, the first trading session of November.
The benchmark EGX30 index slipped 47.97 points, or 0.36%, finishing the session at 13,202 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index plummeted 1.12% to 687.57 points, whereas the broader EGX100 index tumbled 0.96% to 1,722.31 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index went down 0.19% to 2,101 points.
Trading volume amounted to nearly 231.3 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 902.24 million through 25,350 transactions.
Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 48.03 million, while Egyptian and Foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 9.4 million and EGP 38.56, respectively.
Market capitalisation lost EGP 652.5 million and closed at EGP 750.9 billion.
