Egypt’s stocks start week mostly lower as benchmark EGX 30 sank 1.09%

By Amwal Al Ghad English On Aug 22, 2021

Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has closed mostly lower on Sunday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index sinking 1.09 percent to 10,691 points.

EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) rose 0.50 percent to 2,923 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped tumbled 1.09 percent to 12,957 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 went up 0.10 percent to 3,874 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 fell 0.52 percent to 2,390 points.

Market Cap

The country’s market capitalisation has incurred on Sunday losses worth 2.6 billion Egyptian pounds ($165.6 million), ending the trading at 712.553 billion pounds due to local and Arab investors’ selloff.

Trading Aggregates

Trading value has approximately reached around 6 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded around 359.289 million securities executed 47,456 transactions.

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