Arab Finance: The Egyptian Stock Exchange ended Wednesday's trading session in the red zone. The main market index, EGX30 – which includes the 30 largest listed companies, closed with a decrease of 0.04% at the level of 30,414.05 points.
The EGX70 EWI for small and medium-sized stocks also declined by 0.38%, closing at the end of the session at 7,831.86 points.
The broader EGX 100 index closed down 0.21% at 11,025.42 points.
Regarding the total value of trades, it amounted to 5.750 billion Egyptian pounds, with a total number of transactions amounting to 138,626 transactions.
The market capitalization of the Egyptian Stock Exchange at the end of trading was 2.182 trillion Egyptian pounds.
The shares of 82 companies rose, while the shares of 91 companies declined, and the shares of 40 companies remained unchanged.
In terms of transactions by individuals and institutions, data from the Egyptian Stock Exchange website showed that individual transactions accounted for 72.09% of total market trades, while institutions accounted for 27.9% of trades.
The data also indicated that Arab traders today accounted for 5.49% of total transactions, while foreign transactions recorded 5.48% and Egyptians 89.02%.
The total transactions of Egyptian and Arab investors were towards buying, with a total value of 348,364 million pounds and 14,593 million pounds, respectively, while the net transactions of foreigners were towards selling, with a total value of 362,958 million pounds.
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