EGX opens Thursday on mixed note

Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) opened Thursday's trading session on a mixed note, amid buying from Arab and Foreign investors, and selling from Egyptian investors.

By 10:10 am Cairo time, the main index EGX30 levelled down 0.03%, or 4.68 points, to 14,647.23 points.

The Commercial International Bank’s (CIB) stock inched down 0.22% to EGP 73.8, with a turnover of EGP 1.07 million.

The small and medium-sized enterprises index EGX70 edged up 0.82% to 798.46 points, while the index EGX100 rose 0.51% to 1,881.81 points.

The equal-weighted index EGX50 grew 0.03 % to 2,575 points.

The bourse's trading volume reached 3.8 million shares, through 702 transactions, generating EGP 22.3 million.

Egyptian investors were net sellers with 923,700, while Foreign and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 628,400, and EGP 295,200, respectively.

Ezz Steel, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank - Egypt (ADIB), and Egyptian Iron and Steel Company (HADISOLB) stocks’ decreased 1.98%, 1.69%, and 1.17%, respectively.

On the other hand, Arabian Food Industries Co’s (Domty) gained 2.83%, followed by Egyptian Financial Group Hermes Holding’s (EFG Hermes) with 1.66%, and Oriental Weavers Carpet’s stock with 1.24%.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 14-Dec-2017 08:44 (GMT)
Mubasher Last Update Time: 14-Dec-2017 08:47 (GMT)