Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed in the red area on Thursday.
- The benchmark index, EGX30, went down by 0.35 per cent to 53,442.2 points.
- The Shariah index, EGX33, dropped by 0.73 per cent to 6,012.67 points.
- The index EGX35-LV fell by 0.85 per cent to 6,315.14 points.
- The SMEs index, EGX70, sank by 1.03 per cent, to 18,233.32 points.
- The EGX100 index plunged by 0.91 per cent, to 24,035.88 points.
The total market cap reached 3,936,839,098,025 Egyptian pounds.
Arabs and non-Arab foreigners were net sellers with 525,191,403 Egyptian pounds and 7,561,792,292 pounds, respectively. On the other hand, Egyptians were net sellers with 8,086,983,695 pounds.
Top gainers
- The shares of Glaxo Smith Kline went up by 20.00 per cent to 239.760 pounds a share.
- The shares of Alexandria Flour Mills rose by 19.99 per cent to close at 184.780 pounds a share.
- The shares of Catalyst Partners Middle East –CPME jumped by 15.01 per cent, closing at 26.670 pounds.
Top losers
- The shares of El Kahera Housing dropped by 7.65 per cent to 1.690 pounds at closing.
- The shares of Arab Real Estate Investment CO.-ALICO fell by 7.63 per cent to close at 4.600 pounds a share.
- The shares of El Shams Housing & Urbanization sank by 6.22 per cent, closing at 13.410 pounds a share.