Egypt’s stocks start week higher, benchmark EGX 30 gains 0.48%

By Yomna Yasser On Oct 25, 2021

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has ended higher on Sunday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index advancing by 0.48 percent to 11,186 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) inched up by 0.83 percent to 2,433 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped rose by 0.52 percent to 12,514 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 went up by 0.25 percent to 2,193 points.

Market Cap

The country’s market capitalisation has posted gains on Wednesday worth 3.2 billion Egyptian pounds ($506.4 million), ending the trading at 750.077 billion pounds supported by local investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached around 3.3 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 445.055 million securities executed 47,855 transactions.