Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed in the red zone on Tuesday.
- The benchmark index, EGX30 went down 2.04 per cent to 46,681.78 points.
- The Shariah index, EGX33, dropped by 0.83 per cent to 5,009.46 points.
- The index EGX35-LV fell by 0.66 per cent to 5,368.21 points.
- The SMEs index, EGX70, declined by 0.74 per cent to 12,799.42 points.
- The EGX100 index lost 0.68 per cent to 17,856.62 points.
The total market cap reached 3,329,168,518,145 Egyptian pounds.
Arabs and non-Arab foreigners were net buyers, with total purchases of 157,646,759 pounds and 6,752,898,218 pounds, respectively. On the other hand, Egyptians were net sellers with 6,910,544,978 pounds
Top gainers
- The shares of Cairo Educational Services went up by 14.10 per cent to 63.050 pounds a share.
- The shares of Saudi Egyptian Investment & Finance rose by 8.41 per cent to close at 176.240 pounds a share.
- The shares of Arab Real Estate Investment CO.-ALICO jumped by 7.14 per cent, closing at 3.000 pounds a share.
Top losers
- The shares of Macro Group Pharmaceuticals -Macro Capital dropped by 6.72 per cent to 1.110 pounds a share.
- The shares of Ceramic & Porcelain fell by 6.53 per cent to close at 16.170 pounds a share.
- The shares of Housing & Development Bank sank by 6.41 per cent, closing at 136.270 pounds a share.