Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Monday’s trading session on a mixed note amid foreign and Arab buying.
The benchmark EGX30 index levelled up 0.61% or 79.83 points to the level of 13,106.12 points.
The EGX70 index declined 0.43% to 679.54 points, while the EGX100 index slipped 0.19% to 1,544.68 points.
The equally-weighted EGX50 index inched up 0.08% to 2,025 points.
Traded volume amounted to 203 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 639.2 million through 17,600 transactions.
Market capitalisation gained EGP 1.04 billion and closed at EGP 692.1 billion.
Foreign and Arab investors were net buyers by EGP 17.6 million and EGP 8.7 million, respectively, while Egyptian investors were net sellers by EGP 26.47 million.
Blue chips Citadel Capital, Emaar Misr, and Arabian Cement ascended 3.7%, 3.59%, and 3.04%, respectively.
On the other hand, Amer Group Holding, Egyptian Chemical Industries (Kima), and Egyptian Iron and Steel (HADISOLB) dropped 3.33%, 2.06%, and 1.47%, respectively.
Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB) went up 1.7% to EGP 82.
