EGX closes in red on Oct 23
Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) closed in red notes on Wednesday, with the main index, EGX30 going down by 0.04 per cent, to 30,414.05 points.
The Shariah index, EGX33, dipped by 0.05 per cent, to 3,187.46 points.
The SMEs index, EGX70 dropped by 0.38 per cent, to 7,831.86 points.
The index, EGX100 index fell by 0.21 per cent, to 11,025.42 points.
The total market capitalisation recorded 2,182,175,524,371 Egyptian pounds.
Arabs were sellers with a total of 1,487,966,145 Egyptian pounds. Meanwhile, Egyptians and non-Arab foreigners were net buyers with a total of 1,240,602,873 Egyptian pounds and 247,363,272 Egyptian pounds, respectively.
Top gainers
- Shares of Rights Issue of Aspire Capital Holding for Financial Invest (ASPI_r2.CA) soared by 39.58 per cent, to close at the price of 0.067 Egyptian pounds a share.
- Shares of El-Nile Co. For Pharmaceuticals And Chemical Industries (NIPH.CA) climbed by 15.19 per cent, to trade at the price of 109.790 Egyptian pounds a share.
- Shares of Alexandria Pharmaceuticals (AXPH.CA) jumped by 14.77 per cent, to the purchasing price of 276.790 Egyptian pounds a share.
Top losers
- Shares of Middle Egypt Flour Mills Co SAE (CEFM.CA) plunged by 9.63 per cent, to close at 49.630 Egyptian pounds a share.
- Shares of M.B Engineering (MBEG.CA) sank by 6.62 per cent, to close at the price of 2.680 Egyptian pounds a share.
- Shares of Sharm Dreams Co. for Tourism Investment (SDTI.CA) shares dived by 6.58 per cent, to close at 17.600 Egyptian pounds a share.
Subediting: Y.Yasser
