Egypt’s stocks close in mixed notes on Wednesday, benchmark EGX 30 falls 1.54%

Egypt’s stock exchange’s (EGX) indexes closed in mixed notes on Wednesday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index edging down 1.54 percent to 10,369 points.

The EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) climbed 2.01 percent to 2,210 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped fell 0.96 percent to 12,755 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 advanced 1.46 percent to 3,135 points. Meanwhile, the equal weights index, EGX 50 rose 1.48 percent to 2,153 points.

Market Cap   

The country’s market capitalisation has on Wednesday incurred losses worth 2.9 billion Egyptian pounds ($727 million), ending the trading at 655.739 billion pounds driven by foreign investors’ selloff.

Trading Aggregates            

Trading value has approximately reached around 2.5 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 618.236 million securities executed 48,223 transactions.