Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed on negative note for second day in row as the benchmark index EGX30 slide 0.56% or 69 points to close at 12,182.04 points amid the declines of the leading stocks.
The small and medium caps index EGX70 declined 1.23% to 459.45 points, while the broader index EGX100 slipped 0.46% to 1089.4 points.
The equal weighted index EGX50 added 0.6% to close at 1,925.06 points.
The market capitalization shed EGP 1.4 billion reaching EGP 597.5 billion.
Local investors ended as net sellers with EGP 37.5 million, while Arab and foreign and investors ended as net buyers with EGP 21.5 million and EGP 15.9 million respectively.
The market witnessed 340 million shares changed hands worth EGP 986 million.
CIB, the heaviest stock of the EGX30, dropped by 1.0%. Today’s top performing stocks were: Egyptian Resorts, up 9.7%, Arab Cotton Ginning, up 5.9%, and Edita, up 4.3%.
Today’s worst performing stocks included Global Telecom, down 3.8%, which is the second heaviest constituent of the EGX30, Porto Group, down 3.3%, and TMG Holding, down 3.1%.
