Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Sunday’s trading session up, bolstered by foreign investors’ buying.
The benchmark EGX30 index inched up 0.17% or 22.5 points to the level of 13,455.19 points.
The EGX70 index rose 0.88% to 695.30 points, while the EGX100 index edged up 0.6% to 1,574.01 points.
The equally-weighted EGX50 index added 1.43% to 2,131 points.
Market capitalisation gained EGP 2.08 billion and closed at EGP 707.47 billion.
Trading volume reached 568.9 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 961.35 million through 28,090.
Foreign investors were net buyers with EGP 283.9 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 270.6 million and EGP 13.3 million, respectively.
Iron and Steel led blue chips, rising 9.91%, followed by Amer Group and Egyptian resorts, which levelled up 9.38% and 9.32%, respectively.
On the other hand, Eastern Company, Egyptian Financial and Industrial (EFIC), and Telecom Egypt shed 3.09%, 2%, and 1.98%, respectively.
Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB) slipped 0.98% to EGP 82.03, with a turnover of EGP 32.3 million.
