EGX closes in green area on August 2nd

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By Aya Anwar

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

  • The benchmark index, EGX30, went up by 1.58 per cent to 54,285.86 points.
  • The Shariah index, EGX33, jumped by 2.64 per cent to 6,171.57 points.
  • The index EGX35-LV soared by 2.98 per cent to 6,503.58 points.
  • The SMEs index, EGX70, climbed by 4.39 per cent to 19,034.28 points.
  • The EGX100 index rose by 3.83 per cent to 24,956.02 points.

The total market cap reached 4,021,142,927,592 Egyptian pounds.

Egyptians and non-Arab foreigners were net buyers with a total of 272,182,461 Egyptian pounds and 28,719,549 pounds, respectively. On the other hand, Arabs were net sellers with 300,902,011 pounds.

Top gainers

  1. The shares of Glaxo Smith Kline surged by 20.00 per cent, closing at 287.710 Egyptian pounds per share.
  2. The shares of Egyptian International Pharmaceuticals (EIPICO) rose by 20.00 per cent, reaching 124.800 Egyptian pounds per share.
  3. The shares of Misr Duty Free Shops went up by 19.99 per cent to close at 55.770 Egyptian pounds a share.

Top losers

  1. The shares of Tycoon Holding Company For Financial Investments went down by 13.62 per cent to close at 16.550 Egyptian pounds a share.
  2. The shares of Sinai Cement dropped by 3.12 per cent to close at 77.600 per cent a share.
  3. The shares of International Co For Investment & Development by 2.32 per cent, to close at 8.010 Egyptian pounds a share.
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