Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Tuesday’s trading session on a mixed note amid local buying against foreign and Arab selling.
The benchmark EGX30 index shed 0.3% or 46.15 points to 15,197.08 points.
Market capitalisation closed at EGP 850.26 billion, losing EGP 12.2 billion.
The EGX70 index added 0.5% to 842.38 points, while the EGX100 index inched up 0.04% to 2,013 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index went up 0.05% to 2,710 points.
Trading volume stood at about 198.2 million shares exchanged through 26,300 transactions at a turnover of EGP 1.03 billion.
Egyptian investors were net buyers with EGP 65.1 million, while foreign and Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 25.6 million and EGP 39.5 million respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) tumbled 0.49% to EGP 77.7 at a turnover of EGP 97.96 million.
Blue chips including Cairo Oils, Emaar Misr, and Ezz steel rose 1.08%, 1.05%, and 1.02% respectively.
On the other hand, Sidi Kerir Petrochemical (Sidpec), Porto Group, and Elsewedy Electric fell 3.02%, 2.7%, and 2.57% respectively.
