Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed in the green area on Wednesday.
- The benchmark index, EGX30, went up by 1.51 per cent to 50,733.14 points.
- The Shariah index, EGX33, advanced by 0.95 per cent, to 5,362.53 points.
- The EGX35-LV index climbed by 1.27 per cent to 5,571.55 points
- The SMEs index, EGX70, rose by 1.40 per cent to 13,328.2 points.
- The EGX100 index jumped by 1.33 per cent to 18,641.21 points.
The total market cap reached 3,516,958,979,127 Egyptian pounds.
Egyptians and Arabs were net sellers, with 22,742,278,052 Egyptian pounds and 715,158,007 Egyptian pounds, respectively. Meanwhile, the non-Arab foreigners were net buyers with a total of 23,457,436,059 Egyptian pounds.
Top Gainers
- The shares of Nozha International Hospital went up by 19.94 per cent to 15.280 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of Alexandria National Company for Financial Investment climbed by 12.29 per cent to 133.620 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of Alexandria New Medical Center rose by 11.76 per cent to 52.750 Egyptian pounds a share.
Top losers
- The shares of Misr Chemical Industries dropped by 3.18 per cent to 34.710 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of Digitize for Investment And Technology sank by 3.03 per cent to 2.880 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of Egyptian Iron & Steel went down by 2.93 per cent to 35.760 Egyptian pounds a share.