Cairo – Mubasher: The indices of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) started Wednesday’s trading session up on the back of local purchases.
By 10:14 am Cairo time, the benchmark EGX30 index edged up 24.33 points, or 0.19%, to 13,145.44 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index inched up 0.03% to 676.67 points, while the broader EGX100 index added 0.05% to 1,696 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index levelled up 0.26% to 2,160 points.
Trading volume amounted to nearly 4.9 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 24.16 million through 938 transactions.
Egyptian investors were net buyers with EGP 11,800, while foreign and Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 109,030 and EGP 1,700, respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CBI) went up 0.39% to EGP 74.
