EGX ends Sunday in green, market cap. gains LE 11.8B

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Sun, 18 Nov 2018 - 08:35 GMT

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Sun, 18 Nov 2018 - 08:35 GMT

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CAIRO – 18 November 2018: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) ended Sunday’s session in green, and market capitalization won LE 11.8 billion, amid foreign selling.

The benchmark EGX30 rose 2.10 percent, or 287.13 points, to close at 13,968.8 points.

The equally weighted index EGX50 hiked 1.95 percent, or 42.5 points, to reach 2,225.48 points.

The small and mid-cap index EGX70 inched up 0.47 percent, or 03.3 points, reaching 698.34 points, and the broader index EGX100 increased 0.84 percent, or 14.6 points, to close at 1,752.58 points.


Market capitalization gained LE 11.8 billion, recording LE 791.46 billion, compared to LE 779.66 billion in Thursday’s session.

The trading volume reached 266.41 million shares, traded through 28,868 transactions, with a turnover of LE 1.88 billion.

Foreign investors were net sellers at LE 63.78 million, while Egyptian and foreign investors were net buyers at LE 63.45 and LE 340,126, respectively.

Egyptian, Arab and foreign individuals were net sellers at LE 355.94 million, LE 850.49 million and LE 7.49 million, respectively.

Foreign organizations sold at LE 56.29 million, while Egyptian and Arab organizations bought at LE 419.39 million and LE 56.29 million, respectively.

Delta for Printing & Packaging, Wadi Kom Ombo Land Reclamation, and El Ahram Co. For Printing and Packing were top gainers of the session by 10 percent, 9.96 percent and 8.11 percent, respectively.

Meanwhile, Sabaa International Company for Pharmaceutical and Chemical, Golden Coast Company, and Obour Land for Food Industries were top losers of the session by 3.44 percent, 2.25 percent, and 2.12 percent, respectively.

The EGX ended Thursday session in mixed note, as EGX30 rose 1.44 percent, EGX50 hiked 0.60 percent, and EGX100 increased 0.12 percent, while EGX70 decreased 0.06 percent.

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