EGX ends Monday on a semi-collective rise, gains LE 8.14B

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Mon, 19 Feb 2018 - 02:01 GMT

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Mon, 19 Feb 2018 - 02:01 GMT

FILE- Employees in the EGX following performance of the trading session on December 12, 2017

FILE- Employees in the EGX following performance of the trading session on December 12, 2017

CAIRO – 19 February 2018: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) witnessed a semi-collective rise of its indices by the end of Monday’s session and Market Capitalization gained LE 8.14 billion.

The benchmark EGX30 rose 0.75 percent, or 192.19 points, to end at 15,158.12 points.

The equally-weighted index EGX50 added 0.48 percent, or 32.32 points, closing at 2696.38 points and the broader index EGX100 edged up 0.03 percent or 2.19 points, to reach 2034.80 points.

The small and mid-cap index EGX70 decreased 0.11 percent, by losing 1.58 points, to end at 853.78 points.

Market capitalization gained LE 8.14 billion by the end of the session, recording LE 876.4 billion ($49.59 billion), compared to LE 868.28 billion in Sunday’s session.

The trading volume reached 262.65 million shares traded through 30,748 transactions with a turnover of LE 1.34 billion.

Egyptian and Arab investors were net sellers at LE 46.14 million and LE 23.1 million, respectively, while foreign investors were net buyers at LE 69.25 million.

Egyptian and Arab individuals were net sellers at LE 11.99 million and LE 30.03 million, respectively, while foreign individuals were net buyers at LE 15.2 million.

Arab and foreign organizations bought by LE 6.9 million and LE 54.05 million, respectively, while Egyptian organizations sold by LE 34.15 million.

Al Ezz Dekheila Steel - Alexandria (IRAX), National Company for Housing for Professional Syndicates (NHPS) and Samad Misr (SMFR) were top gainers of the session by 9.80 percent, 8.80 percent and 8.38 percent, respectively.

While Obour Land for Food Industries (OLFI), Misr National Steel SAE (ATQA) and Raya Contact Center (RACC) were top losers of the session by 9.92 percent, 8.06 percent and 6.54 percent, respectively.

On Sunday, organizational purchases pushed the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) to end in green, the benchmark EGX30 increased 0.53 percent, or 79.63 points, to end at 15,045.56 points.

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