Egypt’s stocks start week in red, benchmark EGX 30 tumbles 1.42%

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Feb 20, 2022

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) stocks — Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX)

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) ended in red on Sunday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index tumbling by 1.42 percent to 11,371 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) slid by 1.52 percent to 1,954 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped fell by 1.64 percent to 13,519 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 went down by 1.77 percent to 1,947 points.

The all-embracing index, EGX 100 decreased by 1.68 percent to 2,941 points.

Market Cap

The country’s market capitalisation has incurred losses worth around 9.27 billion Egyptian pounds ($589.1 million), ending the trading at 716.563 billion pounds.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached around 501.256 million pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded around 220.677 million securities executed 27,805 transactions.