Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed in the green area on Thursday.
- The benchmark index, EGX30, went up by 1.52 per cent to 52,273.34 points.
- The Shariah index, EGX33, rose by 0.48 per cent to 6,378.9 points.
- The index EGX35-LV climbed by 0.70 per cent to 6,246.22 points.
- The SMEs index, EGX70, jumped by 0.82 per cent to 18,481.55 points.
- The EGX100 index soared by 0.80 per cent, to 24,607.43 points.
The total market cap reached 4,051,192,460,517 Egyptian pounds.
Arabs and non-Arab foreigners were net buyers with 9,422,965,489 Egyptian pounds and 307,832,282 pounds, respectively. On the other hand, Egyptians were net sellers with 9,730,797,772 pounds.
Top gainers
- The shares of Elsaeed Contracting& Real Estate Investment Company SCCD went up by 16.78 per cent to 1.670 pounds a share.
- The shares of Delta For Printing & Packaging rose by 15.04 per cent to close at 265.000 pounds a share.
- The shares of Giza General Contracting jumped by 9.43 per cent, closing at 0.696 pounds.
Top losers
- The shares of Sabaa International Company for Pharmaceutical and Chemical dropped by 6.91 per cent to 5.660 pounds at closing.
- The shares of Golden Textiles & Clothes Wool fell by 5.69 per cent to close at 130.150 pounds a share.
- The shares of KORRA sank by 5.14 per cent, closing at 2.770 pounds a share.