Egypt’s stocks close mixed as main index EGX 30 drops 0.50%

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has finished in mixed notes on Monday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index dropping by 0.50 percent to 11,497 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) surged by 2.09 percent to 2,209 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped inched down by 0.37 percent to 13,548 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 rose by 1.09 percent to 2,060 points.

The all-embracing index, EGX 100 grew by 1.47 percent to 3,195 points.

Market Cap   

The country’s market capitalisation has incurred losses on Monday worth 2.2 billion Egyptian pounds ($141.2 million), ending the trading at 733.346 billion pounds due to foreign investors’ selloff.

Trading Aggregates            

Trading value has approximately reached around 1.6 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 235.865 million securities executed 30,195 transactions.