EGX closes in green area on 9 August

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By Aya Anwar

Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed in the green area on Sunday.

  • The benchmark index, EGX30, went up by 0.82 per cent, to 55,125.43 points.
  • The Shariah index, EGX33, jumped by 1.49 per cent to 6,426.09 points.
  • The index EGX35-LV soared by 1.37 per cent to 6,770.1 points.
  • The SMEs index, EGX70, climbed by 4.04 per cent to 20,798.21 points.
  • The EGX100 index rose by 3.36 per cent to 26,983.04 points.

The total market cap reached 4,158,847,866,540 Egyptian pounds.

Egyptians and Arabs were net buyers with a total of 35,407,323 Egyptian pounds and 34,262,425 pounds, respectively. On the other hand, non-Arab foreigners were net sellers with 69,669,748 pounds.

Top gainers

  1. The shares of Glaxo Smith Kline surged by 20.00 per cent, closing at 477.260 Egyptian pounds per share.
  2. The shares of Ismailia National Food Industries rose by 19.99 per cent, reaching 163.180 Egyptian pounds per share.
  3. The shares of Golden Textiles & Clothes Wool went up by 19.99 per cent to close at 119.670 Egyptian pounds a share.

Top losers

  1. The shares of El Ahram Co. For Printing And Packing went down by 4.95 per cent to close at 13.240 Egyptian pounds a share.
  2. The shares of Nasr Company for Civil Works dropped by 4.70 per cent to close at 6.080 per cent a share.
  3. The shares of Egyptian Gulf Marseilia For Real Estate Investment by 3.73 per cent, to close at 8.510 Egyptian pounds a share.

 

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