Egypt’s stocks start week in green, benchmark EGX 30 surges 1.50%

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has ended higher on Sunday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index surging by 1.50 percent to 11,708 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) inched up by 1.05 percent to 2,137 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped advanced by 1.02 percent to 13,839 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 went up by 0.89 percent to 2,025 points.

The all-embracing index, EGX 100 added 0.97 percent to 3,151 points.

Market Cap   

The country’s market capitalisation has gained worth 6 billion Egyptian pounds ($385.3 million), ending the trading at 736.228 billion pounds triggered by local and foreign investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates            

Trading value has approximately reached around 1.7 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 314.201 million securities executed 38,984 transactions.