Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Wednesday’s trading session on a mixed note amid foreign and Arab buying, against local selling.
The benchmark EGX30 index jumped 1.39%, closing at 17,943.96 points.
The EGX70 index slid 0.35% to 864.72 points, while the EGX100 index added 0.61% to 2,273.6 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index edged up 0.61% to 3,042 points.
Market capitalisation gained EGP 3.7 billion and closed at EGP 988.2 billion.
Trading volume stood at around 545.5 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 3.9 billion through 46,000 transactions.
Egyptian investors were net sellers with EGP 161.5 billion, while foreign and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 70.6 million and EGP 90.6 million, respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) fell 1.81% to EGP 88, with a turnover of EGP 42.4 million.
