Arab Finance: The Egyptian Stock Exchange ended the trading session today, Wednesday, with an increase in the movement of indicators. The main index of the market, the EGX30 – which includes the 30 largest listed companies, closed with an increase of 0.82% at the level 31,045.26 a point.
The EGX70 EWI for small and medium-sized stocks also rose by 1.08%, closing at the end of the session at 8,203.9 points.
The broader EGX 100 index closed down 1.16% at 11,445.85 points.
Regarding the total value of trades, it amounted to 4.181 billion Egyptian pounds, with a total number of transactions amounting to 107,133 transactions.
The market capitalization of the Egyptian Stock Exchange at the end of trading reached 2.241 trillion Egyptian pounds.
The shares of 112 companies rose, while the shares of 66 companies declined, and the shares of 32 companies remained unchanged.
In terms of transactions by individuals and institutions, data from the Egyptian Stock Exchange website showed that individual transactions accounted for 79.71% of total market trades, while institutions accounted for 20.28% of trades.
The data also indicated that Arab traders today accounted for 5.42% of total transactions, while foreign transactions recorded 4.51% and Egyptians 90.07%.
The total transactions of Egyptian and Arab investors were towards buying, with a total value of 71,125 million pounds and 57,946 million pounds, respectively, while the net transactions of foreigners were towards selling, with a total value of 129,071 million pounds.
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