Egypt’s stocks start week higher as main gauge EGX 30 adds 0.44%

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) closed in green on Sunday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index growing by 0.44 percent to 11,689 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) rose by 0.51 percent to 2,174 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped increased by 0.36 percent to 13,904 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 went up by 0.52 percent to 2,052 points.

The all-embracing index, EGX 100 surged by 0.61 percent to 3,212 points.

Market Cap   

The country’s market capitalisation has incurred losses worth around 1.9 billion Egyptian pounds ($136.6 million), ending the trading at 752.064 billion pounds buoyed by local and foreign investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates            

Trading value has approximately reached around 625.045 million pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 296.709 million securities executed 29,399 transactions.