Egypt’s stocks end in green as main gauge EGX 30 adds 0.76%

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Feb 2, 2022

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) closed in green on Wednesday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index growing by 0.76 percent to 11,692 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) rose by 0.57 percent to 2,164 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped surged by 1.05 percent to 13,915 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 inched 1.08 percent higher to 2,047 points.

The all-embracing index, EGX 100 advanced by 0.87 percent to 3,198 points.

Market Cap

The country’s market capitalisation has posted gains worth around 3.7 billion Egyptian pounds ($235.8 million), ending the trading at 751.906 billion pounds due to Arab investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached around 1.370 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 367.866 million securities executed 36,127 transactions.