Egypt’s stocks start week in red as benchmark EGX 30 falls 0.75%

By Yomna Yasser On Oct 31, 2021

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) stocks — Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) (Photo Credit: AP - Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has ended lower on Sunday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index falling by 0.75 percent to 11,420 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) dipped by 0.03 percent to 2,304 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped inched down by 1.17 percent to 13,534 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 dropped by 0.51 percent to 2,120 points.

Market Cap

The country’s market capitalisation has posted gains on Sunday worth 4.6 Egyptian pounds ($291.1 million), ending the trading at 741.762 billion pounds due to local investors’ buying appetite.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached around 9.6 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 388.828 million securities executed 39,004 transactions.