Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) benchmark index EGX30 inched down by 0.06 points at Tuesday late trades as it closed at 12,181.98 points.
The market capitalization gained nearly EGP 1.6 billion reaching EGP 599.2 billion.
“The market is likely to see sideways movements through the upcoming two sessions between the levels of 12,000 and 12,400 points,” said Saeed EL Feky, Executive director at Osool brokerage.
The small and medium caps index EGX70 added 1.44% to 466 points, while the broader index EGX100 gained 0.84% to close at 1,098.58 points.
The equal weighted index EGX50 went up 0.98% or 18.88 points to 1,943.9 points.
The market witnessed 625 million shares changed hands worth EGP 1.278 billion.
CIB, the heaviest stock of the EGX30, fell by 0.6%. Today’s top performing stocks were: Qalaa Holdings, up 9.0%, Egypt Kuwait Holding, up 3.5%, and Amer Group, up 3.2%.
Today’s worst performing stocks included GB Auto, down 3.8%, TMG Holding, down 3.6%, and Telecom Egypt, down 3.1%.
