Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) started Wednesday’s trading session in green territory on the back of purchases of Arab and foreign investors.
By 10:18 am Cairo time, the benchmark EGX30 index gained 77.51 points, or 0.54%, to 14,459.06 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index edged up 0.11% to 700.12 points, while the broader EGX100 index added 0.2% to 1,782.92 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index levelled up 0.86% to 2,255 points.
Trading volume amounted to nearly 16.8 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 67.12 million through 1,560 transactions.
Egyptian investors were net sellers with EGP 60.03 million, while foreign and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 58.9 million and EGP 1.08 million, respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) shed 0.53% to EGP 82, with a turnover of EGP 81,200.
