EGX closes in red area on March 1st

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By Aya Anwar

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

  • The benchmark index, EGX30, dropped by 2.50 per cent, to 47,984.26 points.
  • The Shariah index, EGX33, fell by 2.90 per cent to 5,022.19 points.
  • The index EGX35-LV sank by 2.11 per cent to 5,046.51 points.
  • The SMEs index, EGX70, declined by 3.15 per cent to 11,908.86 points.
  • The EGX100 index slipped by 2.92 per cent to 16,837.44 points.

The total market cap reached 3,174,459,526,799 Egyptian pounds.

The Egyptians were net buyers with 592,356,779 Egyptian pounds. On the other hand, the Arabs and non-Arab foreigners were net sellers with a total of 335,000,212 Egyptian pounds and 257,356,566 Egyptian pounds, respectively.

Top gainers on Sunday

  1. The shares of Alexandria Containers and goods surged by 2.75 per cent, closing at 24.660 Egyptian pounds per share.
  2. The shares of Sharm Dreams Co. for Tourism Investment rose by 2.00 per cent reaching 35.700 Egyptian pounds per share.
  3. The shares of Heliopolis Housing went up by 1.45 per cent to close at 4.890 Egyptian pounds a share.

Top losers on Sunday

  1. The shares of Egyptians Real Estate Fund Certificates went down by 10.27 per cent to close at 11.440 Egyptian pounds a share.
  2. The shares of Misr Oils & Soap dropped by 7.72 per cent to close at 145.220 per cent a share.
  3. The shares of North Cairo Mills sank by 7.27 per cent, to close at 96.150 Egyptian pounds a share.

 

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