The performance of the Egyptian Stock Exchange indices rose collectively at the close of trading today, Sunday, the start of the week's trading, supported by buying by local institutions and investment funds, as well as Arab and foreign individual investors. Meanwhile, Arab and foreign institutions and Egyptian individual investors tended towards selling.
According to the Middle East News Agency, the market capitalization of listed companies gained approximately EGP 43 billion by the end of trading, reaching EGP 2.192 trillion, amid total trading of approximately EGP 11.4 billion, including bonds, treasury bills, and ownership transfer deals. Stock market trading amounted to approximately EGP 2.9 billion.
The Egyptian Exchange's main index, the EGX 30, jumped 2.671 points to reach 31,055.98 points, while the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) index, the EGX 70, rose 2.741 points to reach 9,101.91 points. The broader EGX 100 index also rose, increasing by 2.691 points to reach 12,404.21 points.