Egypt’s stocks end in green on Tuesday as benchmark EGX 30 inched up 0.61%

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has closed in green on Tuesday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index inching up 0.61 percent to 10,950 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) rose 0.22 percent to 2,980 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped added 0.56 percent to 13,199 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 went up 0.40 percent to 3,948 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 advanced 0.79 percent to 2,439 points.

Market Cap   

The country’s market capitalisation has on Tuesday made gains worth 1.6 billion Egyptian pounds ($102 million), ending the trading at 724.515 billion pounds buoyed by Arab and foreign investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates            

Trading value has approximately reached around 6.1 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded around 603.122 million securities executed 70,380 transactions.