Cairo - Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) saw a positive performance during the week that also witnessed the Presidential Elections, which is expected to be another landslide victory for President Abd Elfattah El-Sisi.
The fourth and last week of March saw the main index reach yet another all-time high, exceeding the level of 17,450 points.
The benchmark index EGX30 gained 2.26% or 385.57 points during the week, settling near 17,450.15 points.
Traded volumes amounted to 2.8 million shares with a total turnover of EGP 7.8 billion.
The market capital ended the week at EGP 974.17 billion, adding EGP 10.5 billion.
It is worth noting that Thursday’s session saw the stock market welcomes its 223 listed company, that it B Investments.
The small and medium-sized enterprise index EGX70 declined by 0.83% to 870.97 points.
The broader index EGX100 decreased by 0.59% to 2,238 points.
Meanwhile, the equal-weighted index EGX50 added 2.3% and settled at 2,943 points.
