Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has closed Wednesday’s trading session on a mixed note.
The benchmark EGX30 index has changed its downturn direction and gained 32.1 points, or 0.24%, finishing the session at 13,506 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index slipped 0.17% to 672.5 points, while the broader EGX100 index shed 0.14% to 1,695.1 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index tumbled 0.41% to 2,161 points.
Trading volume amounted to around 128.7 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 694.22 million through 20,600 transactions.
Egyptian investors were mostly sellers, netting EGP 23.06 million, whereas foreign and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 20.8 million and EGP 2.25 million.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) jumped 4.22% to EGP 83.99, marking four-month high, with a turnover of EGP 109.6 million.
Market capitalization closed at EGP 765.29 billion and gained EGP 1.07 billion.
