Arab Finance: The Egyptian Stock Exchange ended the trading session today, Wednesday, with a collective increase in the movement of indicators. The main market index, EGX30 – which includes the 30 largest listed companies, closed with an increase of 1.05% at the level of 31,175.43 points.
The EGX70 EWI for small and medium-sized stocks also rose by 1.73%, closing at the end of the session at 7,503.7 points.
The broader EGX 100 index closed 1.68% lower at 10,700.89 points.
Regarding the total value of trades, it amounted to 4.057 billion Egyptian pounds, with a total number of transactions amounting to 102,371 transactions.
The market capitalization of the Egyptian Stock Exchange at the end of trading was 2.202 trillion Egyptian pounds.
The shares of 134 companies rose, while the shares of 41 companies declined, and the shares of 35 companies remained unchanged.
In terms of transactions by individuals and institutions, data from the Egyptian Stock Exchange website showed that individual transactions accounted for 77.11% of total market trades, while institutions accounted for 22.88% of trades.
The data also indicated that Arab traders today accounted for 6.16% of total transactions, while foreign transactions recorded 5.87% and Egyptians 87.98%.
The total transactions of Egyptian and Arab investors were towards buying, with a total value of 14,416 million pounds and 96,136 million pounds, respectively, while the net transactions of foreigners were towards selling, with a total value of 110,552 million pounds.
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