Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Tuesday’s trading session in green territory on the back of Arab and foreign buying.
The benchmark EGX30 index has changed its downward trend and jumped 167.93 points, or 1.24%, finishing the session at 13,689.39 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index levelled up 0.47% to 701.56 points, while the broader EGX100 index added 0.64% to 1,761.79 points.
Likewise, the equal-weighted EX50 index rose 1.64% to 2,126 points.
Trading volume amounted to 151 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 898.4 million through 24,500 transactions.
Egyptian investors were net sellers with EGP 73.5 million, while foreign and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 56.1 million and EGP 17.4 million, respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) edged up 0.95% to EGP 82.39, with a turnover of EGP 169.7 million.
Market capitalisation gained EGP 9.2 billion and closed the session at EGP 768.2 billion.
