Egypt’s stocks end in red on Monday as benchmark EGX 30 falls 1.44%

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has finished trading lower on Monday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index dropping by 1.44 percent to 10,496 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) sank by 2.46 percent to 2,723 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped edged down by 1.86 percent to 13,819 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 dived by 2.35 percent to 3,660 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 plummeted by 2.04 percent to 2,306 points.

Market Cap   

The country’s market capitalisation has on Monday posted gains worth 10.9 billion Egyptian pounds ($698.5 million), ending the trading at 701.098 billion pounds driven by local and foreign investors’ selloff.

Trading Aggregates            

Trading value has approximately reached around 3.5 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 487.072 million securities executed 49,663 transactions.

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