Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed in the red zone on Wednesday.
- The benchmark index, EGX30, went down by 1.84 per cent to 52,028.37 points.
- The Shariah index, EGX33, dropped by 1.70 per cent, to 5,845.63 points.
- The EGX35-LV index sank by 1.02 per cent to 6,093.91 points
- The SMEs index, EGX70, plunged by 1.30 per cent to 16,004.93 points.
- The EGX100 index fell by 1.29 per cent to 21,747.75 points.
The total market cap reached 3,782,136,953,025 Egyptian pounds.
Arabs and non-Arab foreigners were net buyers, with 932,827,083 Egyptian pounds and 8,514,189,966 pounds, respectively. Meanwhile, Egyptians were net sellers, totaling 9,447,017,049 pounds.
Top Gainers
- The shares of Alexandria New Medical Center went up by 19.99 per cent to 70.780 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of Saudi Egyptian Investment & Finance climbed by 12.51 per cent to 257.100 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of Delta For Printing & Packaging rose by 6.08 per cent to 206.990 Egyptian pounds a share.
Top losers
- The shares of Tycoon Holding Company For Financial Investments dropped by 17.69 per cent to 20.330 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of El Arabia for Land Reclamation sank by 5.01 per cent to 363.780 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of El Ahram Co. For Printing And Packing went down by 4.91 per cent to 14.320 Egyptian pounds a share.