Egypt’s stocks closed mixed on Tuesday, benchmark EGX 30 tumbles 0.98%

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Aug 17, 2021

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has finished trading in mixed notes on Tuesday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index tumbling 0.98 percent to 10,938 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) surged 1.20 percent to 2,920 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped went down 0.47 percent to 13,296 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 rose 0.83 to 3,896 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 advanced 0.61 percent to 2,420 points.

Market Cap

The country’s market capitalisation has posted on Tuesday gains worth 414 million Egyptian pounds ($26.4 million), ending the trading at 720.949 billion pounds buoyed by Arab and foreign investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached around 9 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 703.129 million securities executed 59,040 transactions.

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