Egypt’s stock index falls 0.28%, market cap gains EGP 1.5 billion on Sunday

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Jan 31, 2021

Egypt’s stock exchange’s (EGX) indexes ended lower on Sunday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index losing 0.28 percent to 11,546 points, while market capitalisation made gains backed by local and Arab investors’ buying appetite.

The Egyptian bourse closed on Thursday on the anniversary of the 2011 revolution and the National Police Day.

The EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) dropped 0.37 percent to 2,356 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped fell 0.66 percent to 14,069 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 edged down 0.52 percent to 3,373 points. Meanwhile, the equal weights index, EGX 50 decreased 0.49 percent at 2,366 points.

Market Cap

Total market capitalisation has posted gains worth 1.3 billion Egyptian pounds ($82.7 million) to close at 696.756 billion pounds on Sunday.

Trading Aggregates

Also on Sunday, the trading value has approximately reached 2.4 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 578.798 million securities executed 50,505 transactions.

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