Cairo - Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) opened on mixed note on Monday, as the benchmark index EGX30 went down 0.32% or 22 points to reach the level of 6,760 points, amid foreign investors selling spree.
The equal-weighted index EGX50 inched up 0.04% to 1,177 points.
On other hand, the small and mid-cap index EGX70 edged down 0.18% to 380 points, while the broader index EGX100 went up 0.05% to 777 points.
Monday's early trade witnessed 79 million shares changed hand worth EGP 143 million, through 6,400 transactions.
Local and Arab investors stepped in as net buyers with EGP 6.3 million and EGP 3.4 million respectively; while foreign investors came out as net sellers with EGP 9.7 million.
On the front side, the stocks of Arabia Investments, Middle Egypt Flour Mills and Arab Polvara Spinning advanced by 7.9%, 4.6% and 4% respectively.
On other hand, the stocks of Juhayna, Sabaa Pharmaceutical and HADISOLB went down within the range of 2.6% and 2.2%.
