EGX closes mostly higher on Sept. 17

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By Aya Anwar
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Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed mostly higher on Wednesday.

  • The benchmark index, EGX30 grew 0.38 per cent to 34,974.84 points.
  • The Shariah index, EGX33 fell 0.15 per cent to 3,452.53 points.
  • The EGX35-LV index rose 0.11 per cent to 3,840.92 points
  • The SMEs index, EGX70 added 0.20 per cent, to 10,612.7 points.
  • The EGX100 index gained 0.22 per cent to 14,065.78 points.

The total market capitalisation reached 2,494,452,671,612 Egyptian pounds.

Arabs and non-Arab foreigners were net buyers with a total of 94,060,155 Egyptian pounds and 7,392,342,147 Egyptian pounds, respectively. Meanwhile, Egyptians were net sellers with a total of 7,486,402,302 Egyptian pounds.

Top Gainers

  1. Shares of Alexandria New Medical Centre jumped 19.99 per cent to 50.130 Egyptian pounds a share.
  2. Shares of Wadi Kom Ombo Land Reclamation climbed 19.85 per cent to 255.990 Egyptian pounds a share.
  3. Shares of Mohandes Insurance surged 12.03 per cent to 25.790 Egyptian pounds a share.

Top losers

  1. Shares of El Kahera El Watania Investment plunged 8.52 per cent to 77.490 Egyptian pounds a share.
  2. Shares of Alexandria National Company for Financial Investment sank 7.13 per cent to 65.110 Egyptian pounds a share.
  3. Shares of Saudi Egyptian Investment and Finance dived 5.82 per cent to 160.060 Egyptian pounds a share.

Subediting: Y.Yasser

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