Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices have closed Tuesday’s trading session on a mixed note.
Market capitalization concluded the session at EGP 1.984 trillion.
The benchmark EGX30 index edged down 0.73%, finishing the session at 29,400.84 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) added 0.86% to end the session at 6,754.02 points, while the EGX100 EWI was up 0.51%, closing at 9,632.94 points.
Today’s trading saw 1.426 billion shares exchanged over 140,403 transactions, with a turnover of EGP 4.528 billion.
Retail investors controlled 76.96% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors seized 23.03% of trading.
Egyptian traders constituted 86.37% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors accounted for 8.11% and 5.52%, respectively.
Egyptian investors were net buyers with EGP 276.024 million. Arab and non-Arab foreigners were net sellers with EGP 101.798 million and EGP 174.226 million, respectively.