Egypt’s stocks end lower on Monday as benchmark EGX 30 tumbles 0.72%

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Dec 20, 2021

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) stocks — Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX)

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index slightly tumbling by 0.72 percent to 11,482 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) decreased by 0.60 percent to 2,114 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped edged 0.74 percent lower to 13,716 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 fell by 0.95 percent to 2,004 points.

The all-embracing index, EGX 100 slid by 0.78 percent to 3,126 points.

Market Cap

The country’s market capitalisation has incurred losses worth 3.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($223.3 million), ending the trading at 730.258 billion pounds triggered by Arab and foreign investors’ selloff.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached around 2.4 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 267.122 million securities executed 32,932 transactions.