Egypt’s stocks end week mixed, benchmark EGX 30 climbs 1.05%

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has finished in mixed notes on Thursday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index climbing by 1.05 percent to 10,995 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) fell by 0.41 percent to 2,636 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped hiked by 0.89 percent to 13,342 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 dropped by 0.16 percent to 3,593 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 rose by 0.01 percent to 2,276.52 points.

Market Cap   

The country’s market capitalisation has posted gains on Wednesday worth 3.2 billion Egyptian pounds ($203.2 million), ending the trading at 711.620 billion pounds supported by local and Arab investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates            

Trading value has approximately reached around 3.1 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 358.164 million securities executed 34,815 transactions.