Egypt’s EGX closes all red 3rd day straight on March 19

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) closed all red for the third day in a row on Tuesday,  with the main index, EGX30 falling by 1.43 per cent, to 28,675.7 points.

The small to mid-size enterprises’ index, EGX70 declined by 1.16 per cent, to 6,211.56 points.

The index, EGX100 index fell by 0.73 per cent, to 8,956.83 points.

The total market cap reached 1,888,624,677,599 Egyptian pounds.

Arabs’ and non-Arabs foreigners transactions were mainly buying with a total of 3,966,525,716 Egyptian pounds, and 81,734,169,218 Egyptian pounds, respectively. Meanwhile, the Egyptians were net sellers with 85,700,694,934 Egyptian pounds.

Top gainers on Tuesday

The shares of El Ezz Porcelain (Gemma) (ECAP.CA) climbed by 19.99 per cent, to close at 21.850 Egyptian pounds a share.

The shares of Six of October Development & Investment (SODIC) (OCDI.CA) jumped by 16.03 per cent, to close at 44.000 Egyptian pounds a share.

The shares of Nasr Company for Civil Works (NCCW.CA) surged by 10.84 per cent, to close at the price of 4.600 Egyptian pounds a share.

Top losers on Tuesday

The shares of Rights Issue Of Cairo Oils & Soap -3 (COSG_r3.CA) declined by 29.20 per cent, to close at the price of 0.080 Egyptian pounds a share.

The shares of National Housing for Professional Syndicates (NHPS.CA) fell by 18.02 per cent, to trade at the price of 31.070 Egyptian pounds a share.

The shares of Misr Hotels (MHOT.CA) dropped by 14.64 per cent, to the purchasing price of 99.480 Egyptian pounds a share.