EGX Indices Opened In Red Note, Benchmark Below 5607 Pts

The Egyptian Exchange has opened Thursday’s session posting humble gains of EGP 79 million. The capital market has amounted to EGP 380.187 billion, according to data compiled by Amwal Al Ghad at 11:01 a.m. Cairo time (09:01 GMT) during Thursday’s opening session.

The EGX indices opened in a red note.

Benchmark EGX30 fell by 0.04% to 5606.95  p; while EGX20 dipped by 0.01% to 6514.36 p.

Meanwhile, the mid- and small-cap index, the EGX70 inched down by 0.09% to 475.35 p.  Price index EGX100 dropped by 0.13% to 804.56 p.

This was after trading in 72 listed securities; 20 declined, 16 advanced; while 36 keeping their previous levels.

During Thursday’s opening session, the trading volume has reached 4.759 million securities worth EGP 26.818 million, exchanged 1.442 thousand transactions.

During the opening session, Egyptians and the non-Arab foreigners’ were net buyers seizing 37.8% and 52.37% respectively, of the total markets, with a net equity of EGP 268.219 thousand and EGP 4.690 million excluding the deals.

On the other hand, Arabs were net sellers seizing 9.84% of the total markets, with a net equity of EGP 4.958 million excluding the deals.

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