The Egyptian Stock Exchange indices recorded collective increases at the close of trading today, Sunday, the beginning of the week’s trading, supported by purchases from local institutions and investment funds, while the transactions of foreign and Arab institutions and individual Arab, Egyptian and foreign investors tended towards selling.
According to the Middle East News Agency, the market capitalization of the shares of companies listed on the stock exchange gained about 9 billion pounds to end trading at 2.275 trillion pounds, amid total trading of about 5.7 billion pounds, including trading in the primary dealers market and ownership transfer deals, while stock market trading amounted to about 3.2 billion pounds.
The main index of the Egyptian Stock Exchange, “EGX 30”, rose by 0.31% to reach 31010.25 points, while the index of small and medium-sized stocks, “EGX 70”, increased by 1.13% to reach 8712.22 points. The increases included the broader index, “EGX 100”, which increased by about 0.86% to reach 11977.66 points.
