Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed in the green zone on Wednesday.
- The benchmark index, EGX30, went up by 1.33 per cent, to 49,631.56 points.
- The Shariah index, EGX33, climbed by 0.85 per cent, to 5,089.57 points.
- The EGX35-LV index soared by 0.16 per cent to 5,011.89 points
- The SMEs index, EGX70, jumped by 0.61 per cent to 12,788.12 points.
- The EGX100 index rose by 0.73 per cent to 17,689.85 points.
The total market cap reached 3,257,808,698,007 Egyptian pounds.
Egyptians and Arabs were net buyers with a total of 1,474,992,525 pounds and 324,575,960 Egyptian pounds, respectively. Meanwhile, non-Arab foreigners were net sellers with a total of 1,799,568,485 pounds.
Top Gainers
- The shares of Egypt for Poultry went up by 19.95 per cent to 9.260 pounds a share.
- The shares of Gogreen for Agricultural Investment climbed by 10.41 per cent to 2.440 pounds a share.
- The shares of El-Nile Co. For Pharmaceuticals And Chemical Industries rose by 8.12 per cent to 108.010 pounds a share.
Top losers
- The shares of Misr Oils & Soap dropped by 6.62 per cent to 171.580 pounds a share.
- The shares of Engineering Industries (ICON) sank by 4.04 per cent to 34.000 pounds a share.
- The shares of Taaleem Management Services went down by 3.46 per cent to 15.350 pounds a share.