Egypt Stocks Lose EGP 891 Mln At Opening Today

Egypt’s stock market has opened Wednesday’s session lower incurring losses of EGP 891 million driven by early non-Arab foreign selling pressures. The benchmark also retreated to 5189 pts.

Benchmark EGX30 fell by 0.11% to 5189 p; while EGX20 dropped by 0.16 % to 6035p.

On the other hand, the mid- and small-cap index, the EGX70 decline by 0.06% to 440p.  Price index EGX100 dipped by 0.08% to 743p.

Trading Volumes & Values

The trading volume has recorded 13 million securities worth EGP 5.5million, exchanged through 731 transactions during Wednesday opening.