Egypt’s stocks end slightly higher as EGX 30 rises 0.06% on Wednesday

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Jul 28, 2021

Indexes of Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) closed slightly higher on Wednesday as the benchmark EGX 30 index increased 0.06 percent to 10,769 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) climbed 1.96 to 2,715 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped rose 0.25 percent to 13,296 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 surged 1.54 percent to 3,697 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 edged up 1.28 percent to 2,361 points.

Market Cap

The country’s market capitalisation has on Tuesday posted gains worth 2.4 billion Egyptian pounds ($152.8 million), ending the trading at 699.953 billion pounds backed by local and Arab investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached around 4.6 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 672.882 million securities executed 60,918 transactions.