Egyptian stock exchange indices recorded collective declines at the close of trading today, Thursday, the closing of the week's trading, affected by selling operations by Egyptian institutions and investment funds, and Arab individual investors. Meanwhile, foreign and Egyptian individual investors, as well as Arab and foreign institutions, tended towards buying.
According to the Middle East News Agency, the market capitalization of listed companies lost approximately EGP 36 billion by the end of trading, reaching EGP 2.296 trillion, amid total trading of approximately EGP 47.9 billion, including bonds, treasury bills, and ownership transfer deals. Stock market trading amounted to approximately EGP 5.4 billion.
The Egyptian Exchange's main index, the EGX 30, fell by 1.291 points to reach 32,511.68 points, while the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) index, the EGX 70, fell by 2.631 points to reach 9,605.19 points. The broader EGX 100 index also declined, falling by 2.311 points to reach 13,070.09 points.
