EGX opens higher 1.7% on national buying

Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange started Monday’s trading session in the green territory on national purchases.

By 10:45am CLT, the main index EGX30 rose 191 points or 1.7% to 11,469 points.

The small and mid-cap index EGX70 increased 1.4% to 430.3 points.

The broader index EGX100 was higher 1.29% to 1,025.7 points and the equal-weighted index EGX50 moved 1.84% up to 1,791 points.

Nationals were net buyers by EGP 16.7 million, while Arabs and foreigners were net sellers by EGP 8.7 and EGP 8 million respectively.

Trading value reached EGP 397.6 million after 142.8 million shares were traded.

Earlier, analysts said the bourse is likely to keep delivering a positive performance on Monday thanks to a strong buying appetite by institutions and investment funds.

MubasherTrade Research anticipated the main index to “continue rising towards 11,500”.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 21-Nov-2016 09:30 (GMT)
Mubasher Last Update Time: 21-Nov-2016 09:30 (GMT)