EGX30 passes levels of 13K by end of Monday’s session

CAIRO – 17 December 2018: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) ended Monday’s session in green, amid Egyptian and foreign purchases, and market capitalization gained LE 7.18 billion.

The benchmark EGX30 rose 1.72 percent, or 223.34 points, to close at 13,215.4 points.

The equally weighted index EGX50 increased 0.84 percent, or 18 points, to reach 2,167.31 points.

The small and mid-cap index EGX70 inched up 0.71 percent, or 4.76 points, reaching 677.63 points, and the broader index EGX100 went down 0.83 percent, or 14.03 points, to close at 1,700.59 points.


Market capitalization gained LE 7.18 billion, recording LE 749.26 billion, compared to LE 742.07 billion in Sunday’s session.

The trading volume reached 211.37 million shares, traded through 25,652 transactions, with a turnover of LE 886.3 million.

Arab investors were net sellers at LE 28.27 million, while Egyptian and foreign investors were net buyers at LE 15.76 and LE 12.51 million, respectively.

Egyptian and foreign individuals were net sellers at LE 49.92 million, and LE 1.8 million, respectively, while Arab individuals were buyers at LE 670,079.

Egyptian and foreign organizations bought at LE 65.68 million, and LE 14.33 million, respectively, while Arab organizations sold at LE 28.94 million.

Samad Misr -EGYFERT, El Ezz Porcelain (Gemma), and Arab Co. for Asset Management And Development were top gainers of the session by 8.35 percent, 7.85 percent and 6.49 percent, respectively.

Meanwhile, Arabian Cement Company, Sabaa International Company for Pharmaceutical and Chemical, and Gharbia Islamic Housing Development were top losers of the session by 7.75 percent, 4.53 percent, and 4.21 percent, respectively.

EGX ended Sunday’s session on mixed note, as EGX 30 fell 0.04 percent, EGX70 decreased 0.33 percent, EGX100 inched down 0.25 percent, while EGX50 went up 0.23 percent.