Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Sunday’s trading session in green territory, shrugging off the downward trend seen by most of the Arab stock markets.
The benchmark EGX30 index jumped 254.16 points, or 1.91%, finishing the session at 13,537.47 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index rose 2.03% to 699 points, while the broader EGX100 index added 3.51% to 1,753.14 points.
Similarly, the equal-weighted EGX50 index leveled up 2.7% to 2,101 points.
Trading volume amounted to nearly 137.5 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 543.08 million through 19,100 transactions.
Foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 60.6 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 59.9 million and EGP 673,000, respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) inched up 0.04% to EGP 79.51, with a turnover of EGP 30.28 million.
Market capitalisation gained EGP 17.3 billion and closed at EGP 761.55 billion.
