Egypt’s stocks finish lower on Tuesday, benchmark EGX 30 slides 1.07%

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Mar 9, 2021

Egypt’s stock exchange’s (EGX) indexes on Tuesday ended lower for the second day in a row, with the benchmark EGX 30 index plunging 1.07 percent to 11,337 points driven by foreign investors’ selloff.

The EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) decreased by 0.38 percent to 2,219 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped edged down 1.26 percent to 13,835 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 also declined 0.50 percent to 3,231 points. Meanwhile, the equal weights index, EGX 50 went down 0.72 percent to 2,262 points.

Market Cap

Total market capitalisation has on Tuesday incurred losses worth 5.4 billion Egyptian pounds ($343.3 million), ending the trading at 691.361 billion pounds.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached 5.16 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 472.705 million securities executed 40,843 transactions.

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