Egypt’s stock market (EGX) closed mostly green on Wednesday.
- The benchmark index, EGX30, went up by 0.33 per cent, to 41,828.97 points.
- The Shariah index, EGX33, jumped by 1.07 per cent, to 4,597.77 points.
- The EGX35-LV index climbed by 0.61 per cent to 4,658.13 points
- The SMEs index, EGX70, dropped by 0.14 per cent to 13,125.33 points.
- The EGX100 index leaped by 0.18 per cent to 17,425.88 points.
The total market cap reached 2,998,933,826,347 Egyptian pounds.
The Arabs and non-Arab foreigners were net buyers with a total of 23,919,567 Egyptian pounds and 8,050,227,731 Egyptian pounds, respectively. Meanwhile, the Egyptians were net sellers with a total of 8,074,147,298 Egyptian pounds.
Top Gainers
- The shares of Prime Holding went up by 16.06 per cent to 1.590 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of Electro Cable Egypt climbed by 9.12 per cent to 3.110 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of M.B Engineering rose by 8.60 per cent to 4.040 Egyptian pounds a share.
Top losers
- The shares of Extracted Oils dropped by 7.00 per cent to 8.630 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of Gulf Canadian Real Estate Investment Co. sank by 6.74 per cent to 1.800 Egyptian pounds a share.
- The shares of Grand Investment Capital went down by 6.38 per cent to 30.090 Egyptian pounds a share.