Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Wednesday’s trading session, the last session this week, on a mixed note.
Given that the EGX would suspend trades on Thursday, 25 January in celebration of National Police Day and 25 January Revolution.
The benchmark EGX30 index slipped 0.17% or 26.35 points to 15,170.73 points.
Market capitalisation closed at EGP 850.7 billion and gained EGP 527.9 million.
The EGX70 index added 0.54% to 846.97 points, the EGX100 index edged up 0.15% to 2,016 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index settled at 2,710 points.
Trading volume reached about 187 million shares exchanged at EGP 1.16 billion through 27,300 transactions.
Egyptian investors were net sellers with EGP 92.2 million, while foreign and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 74.1 million and EGP 18.1 million respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) topped rising blue chips with a 2.24% rise to EGP 78.47 at a turnover of EGP 88.9 million.
