Egypt’s stocks end mixed on Wednesday, benchmark EGX 30 increases 0.48%

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Jan 12, 2022

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) stocks — Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) (Photo Credit: AP - Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) closed in mixed notes on Wednesday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index increasing by 0.48 percent to 12,060 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) edged down by 1.11 percent to 2,261 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped rose by 0.10 percent to 14,344 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 dropped by 1.09 percent to 2,106 points.

The all-embracing index, EGX 100 went down by 0.81 percent to 3,315 points.

Market Cap

The country’s market capitalisation has incurred losses worth 32 million Egyptian pounds ($2.035 million), ending the trading at 772.619 billion pounds due to local investors’ selloff.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached around 936.960 million pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 241.840 million securities executed 34,823 transactions.