EGX closes in green area on 19 May

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

• The benchmark index, EGX30, went up by 1.48 per cent to 52,774.98 points.
• The Shariah index, EGX33, jumped by 1.88 per cent to 5,827.66 points.
• The index EGX35-LV climbed by 0.76 per cent to 5,904.31 points.
• The SMEs index, EGX70, rose by 0.71 per cent, to 14,771.63 points.
• The EGX100 index leaped by 0.72 per cent, to 20,579.64 points.

The total market cap reached 3,772,821,104,114 Egyptian pounds.

Egyptians and non-Arab foreigners were net buyers, with a total of 8,949,488,183 Egyptian pounds and 242,566,772 pounds, respectively. On the other hand, Arabs were net sellers with 9,192,054,955 pounds.

Top gainers

1. The shares of Creast Mark For Contracting And Real Estate Development went up by 12.15 per cent to 1.200 pounds a share.
2. The shares of Egyptian for Tourism Resorts rose by 10.75 per cent to close at 20.500 pounds a share.
3. The shares of Mena Touristic & Real Estate Investment jumped by 9.51 per cent, closing at 6.680 pounds.

Top losers

1. The shares of North Cairo Mills dropped by 10.28 per cent to 127.520 pounds at closing.
2. The shares of Rubex International for Plastic and Acrylic Manufacturing fell by 3.98 per cent to close at 11.090 pounds a share.
3. The shares of M.B Engineering sank by 3.16 per cent, closing at 3.980 pounds a share.