Egypt’s stock market ends mixed on Jan 20

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) closed mixed on Monday, with the main index, EGX30 dropping by 0.37 per cent, to 29619.39 points.

The Shariah index, EGX33 dipped by 0.06 per cent to 3144.07 points.

On the other hand, the SMEs index, EGX70 rose by 0.49 per cent, to 8371.42 points. The index, EGX100 index also went up by 0.23 per cent, to 11475.58 points.

The total market capitalisation reached 2,220,732,836,684 Egyptian pounds.

Egyptians and Arabs were net buyers with a total of 1,175,807,884 pounds and 44,157,460 pounds, respectively. Meanwhile, non-Arab foreigners were net sellers with a total of 1,219,965,343 pounds.

Top Gainers

  1. Shares of Industrial & Engineering Projects (IEEC.CA) soared by 19.92 per cent, to close at the price of 0.307 pounds a share.
  2. Shares of Memphis Pharmaceuticals (MPCI.CA) jumped by 10.86 per cent, to trade at the price of 56.670 pounds a share.
  3. Shares of Mohandes Insurance (MOIN.CA) surged by 10.66 per cent, to the purchasing price of 26.060 pounds a share.

Top Losers

  1. Shares of Ismailia National Food Industries (INFI.CA) dived by 11.87 per cent, to close at 91.360 pounds a share.
  2. Shares of Rowad Tourism (Al Rowad) (ROTO.CA) plummeted by 4.92 per cent, to close at 29.190 pounds a share.
  3. Shares of the Egyptian Modern Education Systems (MOED.CA) inched down by 4.47 per cent, to close at the price of 0.427 pounds a share.

Attribution: Amwal Al Ghad English

Subediting: Y.Yasser

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