Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices showed an upward trend on Sunday, with market capitalization hitting EGP 2.227 trillion.
The benchmark EGX30 index gained 0.57%, finishing the session at 30,833.13 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) added 1.21% to close at 8,126.15 points, while the EGX100 index increased by 1%, ending the session at 11,337.56 points.
The Sharia-compliant index, EGX33 Shariah index, added 0.47%, concluding the session at 3,183.19 points.
Trading volume amounted to 951.925 million shares exchanged through 113.646 transactions at a turnover of EGP 3.627 billion.
Retail investors controlled 78.04% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 21.95% of trading.
Egyptian traders made up 92.99% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors accounted for 6.14% and 0.87%, respectively.
Arab and non-Arab foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 152.377 million and EGP 19.671 million, respectively. Egyptian traders were net buyers with EGP 172.048 million.