EGX30 closes green on Thursday
Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) ended Thursday’s session on a positive note, with the main index, EGX30, advancing by 1.33 per cent, to 30,242.13 points.
The Shariah index, EGX33 was up by 0.91 per cent to 3,130.34 points.
The SMEs index, EGX70 rose 0.34 per cent, to 8,275.86 points.
The index, EGX100 index rose by 0.45 per cent, to 11,379.84 points.
The total market capitalisation reached 2,212,555,778,724 Egyptian pounds.
Arabs and non-Arab foreigners were net buyers with a total of 523,530,389 Egyptian pounds, and 1,925,993,772 Egyptian pounds, respectively. On the other hand, Egyptians were sellers with 2,449,524,161 Egyptian pounds.
Top Gainers
- Shares of Ibnsina Pharma soared by 10.61 per cent, to close at the price of 6.150 Egyptian pounds a share.
- Shares of El Nasr Clothes & Textiles (Kabo) climbed by 8.84 per cent, to trade at the price of 3.200 Egyptian pounds a share.
- Shares of Engineering Industries (ICON) jumped by 7.44 per cent, to the purchasing price of 26.700 Egyptian pounds a share.
Top Losers
- Shares of Minapharm Pharmaceuticals slid by 5.83 per cent, to close at 188.300 Egyptian pounds a share.
- Shares of Egyptian Iron & Steel plummeted by 4.99 per cent, to close at 51.590 Egyptian pounds a share.
- Shares of Ismailia Development and Real Estate Co sank by 3.58 per cent, to close at the price of 14.530 Egyptian pounds a share.
Attribution: Amwal Al Ghad English
Subediting: M. S. Salama
