Egypt’s stocks end week in green as benchmark EGX 30 surges 0.43%

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Dec 30, 2021

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) ended higher on Thursday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index surging by 0.43 percent to 11,949 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) inched up by 0.85 percent to 2,202 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped rose by 0.49 percent to 14,228 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 climbed by 1 percent to 2,098 points.

The all-embracing index, EGX 100 advanced by 0.85 percent to 3,255 points.

Market Cap

The country’s market capitalisation has gained 12.1 billion Egyptian pounds ($769.2 million), ending the trading at 765.579 billion pounds powered by local investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached around 3.4 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 984.980 million securities executed 36,598 transactions.