Egypt’s stocks close week in red as main index EGX 30 drops 0.15%

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) finished lower on Thursday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index dropping by 0.15 percent to 11,578 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) sank by 1.45 percent to 2,116 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped edged down by 0.25 percent to 13,816 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 tumbled by 1.03 percent to 2,024 points.

The all-embracing index, EGX 100 went down by 1.35 percent to 3,140 points.

Market Cap   

The country’s market capitalisation has incurred losses worth around 3.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($226.4 million), ending the trading at 749.516 billion pounds driven by Arab and foreign investors’ selloff.

Trading Aggregates            

Trading value has approximately reached around 919.537 million pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 292.397 million securities executed 36,648 transactions.

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