Egypt’s stocks start week in green as benchmark EGX 30 goes 0.14% higher

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has closed higher on Sunday as the benchmark EGX 30 index went up 0.14 percent to 10,738 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) hiked 1.91 to 2,878 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped rose 0.14 percent to 13,169 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 advanced 1.43 percent to 3,859 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 gained 1.48 percent to 2,402 points.

Market Cap   

The country’s market capitalisation has on Sunday posted gains worth 4 billion Egyptian pounds ($254.7 million), ending the trading at 710.478 billion pounds supported by Arab and foreign investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates            

Trading value has approximately reached around 3 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 660.226 million securities executed 61,123 transactions.