EGX closes red area on 18 August

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By Aya Anwar

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

  • The benchmark index, EGX30, went down by 0.25 per cent to 55,276.78 points.
  • The Shariah index, EGX33, dropped by 0.45 per cent to 6,606.93 points.
  • The index EGX35-LV sank by 0.18 per cent to 6,869.81 points.
  • The SMEs index, EGX70, fell by 0.48 per cent to 21,667.02 points.
  • The EGX100 index plunged by 0.54 per cent, to 27,953.58 points.

The total market cap reached 4,291,934,583,801 Egyptian pounds.

Egyptians and Arabs and were net sellers, with a total of 6,565,357,250 Egyptian pounds and 4,109,824,924 pounds, respectively. On the other hand, non-Arab foreigners were net buyers with 10,675,182,174 pounds.

Top gainers

  1. The shares of North Cairo Mills went up by 20.00 per cent to 229.620 pounds a share.
  2. The shares of Lotus For Agricultural Investments And Development rose by 19.97 per cent to close at 1.424 pounds a share.
  3. The shares of Cairo Educational Services jumped by 19.97 per cent, closing at 154.940 pounds.

Top losers

  1. The shares of Wadi Kom Ombo Land Reclamation dropped by 9.46 per cent to 341.000 pounds at closing.
  2. The shares of El Arabia for Land Reclamation fell by 8.53 per cent to close at 417.100 pounds a share.
  3. The shares of Misr Beni Suef Cement sank by 8.03 per cent, closing at 363.860 pounds a share.
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