Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) retreated collectively in Thursday early trade, as the benchmark index EGX30 fell 2.95% or 183 points reaching the level of 6,022 points amid foreign investors’ sell-offs.
The equal-weighted index EGX50 also went down 2.89% to 1,065 points.
The small and mid-cap index EGX70 slid 1.57% to 352 points, while the broader index EGX100 sagged 1.5% points to 720 points.
The trading value reached EGP 40 million, upon trading 14 million shares through 1,300 transactions.
Foreign and local investors came as net sellers with EGP 6.8 million and EGP 2.3 million respectively, while Arab investors came as net buyers with EGP 9 million.
