EGX ends week in green on Oct 8

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By Aya Anwar

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

  • The benchmark index, EGX30 went up 0.75 per cent to 37,376.93 points.
  • The Shariah index, EGX33 advanced 0.49 per cent to 3,723.97 points.
  • The EGX35-LV index rose 0.57 per cent to 4,096 points
  • The SMEs index, EGX70 moved up 0.03 per cent at 11,342.71 points.
  • The EGX100 index gained 0.12  per cent to 14,972.9 points.

Trading will be suspended on Thursday, October 9, in observance of Armed Forces Day. The holiday has been moved from its official date on Monday, October 6, in line with the government’s decision.

The total market capitalisation reached 2,642,115,896,498 Egyptian pounds.

Non-Arab foreigners were net buyers with a total of 25,118,220,533 pounds. Meanwhile, Egyptians and Arabs were net sellers with a total of 17,983,230,033 pounds and 7,134,990,501 pounds, respectively.

Top Gainers

  1. Shares of Raya Customer Experience soared 7.12 per cent to 10.680 pounds a share.
  2. Shares of Atlas for Investment and Food Industries climbed 6.11 per cent to 1.910 pounds a share.
  3. Shares of Taaleem Management Services gained 6.00 per cent to 13.250 pounds a share.

Top losers

  1. Shares of South Valley Cement dived 4.69 per cent to 6.910 pounds a share.
  2. Shares of Alexandria New Medical Centre sank 4.50 per cent to 47.560 pounds a share.
  3. Shares of GMC Group for Industrial Commercial and Financial Investments went down 4.35 per cent to 1.540 pounds a share.

Subediting: Y.Yasser

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