Egypt’s stocks end higher on Tuesday as benchmark EGX 30 grows 0.15%

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Jan 18, 2022

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) stocks — Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) (Photo Credit: AP - Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index edging up by 0.15 percent to 11,876 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) climbed by 1.05 percent to 2,219 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped rose by 0.35 percent to 14,107 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 advanced by 0.90 percent to 2,078 points.

The all-embracing index, EGX 100 surged by 1.01 percent to 3,259 points.

Market Cap

The country’s market capitalisation has incurred losses worth 8.4 billion Egyptian pounds ($147.6 million), ending the trading at 762.753 billion pounds buoyed by foreign investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached around 633.499 million pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 163.743 million securities executed 28,631 transactions.