EGX closes mostly red on 15 Jan.

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By Aya Anwar

Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed mostly in the red zone on Thursday.

  • The benchmark index, EGX30, went up by 0.67 per cent, to 43,346.87 points.
  • The Shariah index, EGX33, dropped by 0.53 per cent to 4,529.34 points.
  • The index EGX35-LV sank by 0.63 per cent to 4,497.32 points.
  • The SMEs index, EGX70, plunged by 1.62 per cent, to 12,196 points.
  • The EGX100 index fell by 1.28 per cent, to 16,435.85 points.

The total market cap reached 2,972,963,413,236 Egyptian pounds.

The Arabs and non-Arab foreigners were net buyers with a total of 1,831,201,238 Egyptian pounds and 5,245,976,562 Egyptian pounds, respectively. On the other hand, the Egyptians were net sellers with 7,077,177,800 Egyptian pounds.

Top gainers

  1. The shares of M.B Engineering went up by 12.33 per cent to 4.100 Egyptian pounds a share.
  2. The shares of Alexandria Spinning & Weaving (SPINALEX) rose by 7.17 per cent to close at 13.610 per cent a share.
  3. The shares of Saudi Egyptian Investment & Finance jumped by 6.91 per cent, closing at 156.050 Egyptian pounds.

To losers

  1. The shares of Engineering Industries (ICON) dropped by 8.50 per cent to 29.820 Egyptian pounds at closing.
  2. The shares of South Valley Cement fell by 7.09 per cent to close at 8.120 Egyptian pounds a share.
  3. The shares of Arab Real Estate Investment CO.-ALICO sank by 6.56 per cent, closing at 2.850 Egyptian pounds a share.
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