Egypt’s stocks start week mostly higher but benchmark EGX 30 dips 0.17%

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has ended mostly higher on Sunday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index inching down by 0.17 percent to 11,037 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) surged by 1.35 percent to 2,846 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped dropped by 0.11 percent to 13,427 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 advanced by 0.99 percent to 3,833 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 rose by 0.29 percent to 2,373 points.

Market Cap   

The country’s market capitalisation has on Sunday posted gains worth 2.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($159.1 million), ending the trading at 723.682 billion pounds.

Trading Aggregates            

Trading value has approximately reached around 2.03 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 255.244 million securities executed 35,621 transactions.