Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Wednesday in the red, dragged by foreign and Arab traders' selling.
The main EGX30 index fell 0.30%, reaching 12,586.74 points, while the EGX70 index shed 0.49% to 662.15 points.
The EGX100 index inched down 0.43%, closing at 1,652.94 points, while the equal-weighted EGX50 index levelled down 0.65%, to 2,069 points.
The EGX’s traded volume stood at 150.13 million, via 22,130 transactions, generating EGP 604.9 million.
Egyptian investors were net buyers with EGP 49.4 million, while foreign and Arab traders were net sellers with EGP 28.6 million, and EGP 20.8 million, respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank’s (CIB) stock increased by 1.9%, to close at EGP 71.83, with a liquidity of EGP 71.7 million.
The bourse’s market capitalisation tumbled by EGP 2.78 billion, to finish the session at EGP 719.11 billion.
