Egypt Main Gauge End This Week Above 5375 pts

Egypt’s stock market extend its rally on Thursday ending this week’s sessions posting gains of EGP 1.5 billion. The main gauge closed above 5375 pts.

The Egyptian Exchange’s indices were wavering in green notes during the closing session of Thursday.

Egypt’s benchmark index EGX30 inched up by 0.96% to close at 5375.68 p; while the EGX20 increased by 0.52% to end at 6243.14 p.

Meanwhile, the mid- and small-cap index, the EGX70 rose by 0.22% to conclude 429.09 p.  The price index EGX100 went up by 0.32% to finish 732.8 p.

The capital market has closed at EGP 358.382 billion on Thursday.

Lower Traded Volumes & Trades

Through the closing session of Thursday, the trading volume has reached 54.756 million securities. For the traded value, it hit EGP 199.857 million, exchanged through 11.395 thousand transactions.

Also during the closing session, 152 listed securities have been traded in; 39 declined, 85 advanced; while 28 keeping their previous levels.