EGX closes in red area on 29 March

Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed in the red area on Sunday.

  • The benchmark index, EGX30, dropped by 1.27 per cent, to 46,404.27 points.
  • The Shariah index, EGX33, fell by 1.17 per cent to 4,887.92 points.
  • The index EGX35-LV sank by 0.76 per cent to 5,255.07 points.
  • The SMEs index, EGX70, declined by 0.77 per cent to 12,608.58 points.
  • The EGX100 index slipped by 0.76 per cent to 17,587.26 points.

The total market cap reached 3,243,091,990,834 Egyptian pounds.

The Arabs and non-Arab foreigners were net sellers with 25,180,393 Egyptian pounds and 161,796,121 Egyptian pounds respectively. On the other hand, Egyptians were net buyers with a total of 161,796,121 Egyptian pounds.

Top gainers on Sunday

  1. The shares of Alexandria Containers and goods surged by 7.23 per cent, closing at 32.930 Egyptian pounds per share.
  2. The shares of GPI For Urban Growth rose by 6.75 per cent reaching 0.822 Egyptian pounds per share.
  3. The shares of Housing & Development Bank went up by 6.72 per cent to close at 127.000 Egyptian pounds a share.

Top losers on Sunday

  1. The shares of Nozha International Hospital went down by 5.96 per cent to close at 12.300 Egyptian pounds a share.
  2. The shares of El Obour Real Estate Investment dropped by 5.57 per cent to close at 35.410 per cent a share.
  3. The shares of Egyptian Financial & Industrial sank by 5.44 per cent, to close at 208.640 Egyptian pounds a share.
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