Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed mostly red on Wednesday.
- The benchmark index, EGX30, went up 0.03 per cent to 52,500.47 points.
- The Shariah index, EGX33, dropped by 0.32 per cent to 6,310.94 points.
- The EGX35-LV index fell by 0.51 per cent to 6,104.75 points
- The SMEs index, EGX70, sank by 0.26 per cent to 18,447.21 points.
- The EGX100 index plunged by 0.15 per cent to 24,459.9 points.
The total market cap reached 4,176,595,296,772 Egyptian pounds.
Egyptians and Arabs were sellers, with 2,605,776,390 pounds and 810,419,088 pounds, respectively. Meanwhile, non-Arab foreigners were net buyers, totaling 3,416,195,477 pounds.
Top Gainers
- The shares of Glaxo Smith Kline went up by 14.36 per cent to 440.000 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of Tycoon Holding Company For Financial Investments climbed by 8.90 per cent to 15.300 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of El Kahera El Watania Investment rose by 8.50 per cent to 79.010 Egyptian pounds a share.
Top losers
- The shares of Creast Mark For Contracting And Real Estate Development dropped by 4.15 per cent to 3.000 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of MNT Tech Holding For Financial Investments sank by 3.46 per cent to 22.590 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of Gulf Canadian Real Estate Investment Co. went down by 3.10 per cent to 2.190 Egyptian pounds a share.