Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) indices showed an upward trend on Monday, with market capitalization hitting EGP 2.159 trillion.
The benchmark EGX30 index gained 1.06%, finishing the session at 30,273.06 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 equal-weight index (EWI) added 0.23% to close at 7,345.94 points, while the EGX100 index increased by 0.49%, ending the session at 10,450.12 points.
The Sharia-compliant index, EGX33 Shariah index, added 0.87%, concluding the session at 3,132.9 points.
Trading volume amounted to 623.395 million shares exchanged through 112,013 transactions at a turnover of EGP 3.722 billion.
Retail investors controlled 74.07% of total trading transactions, while institutional investors made up 25.92% of trading.
Egyptian traders made up 93.25% of total trading transactions, while Arab and foreign investors accounted for 2.52% and 4.23%, respectively.
Arab and non-Arab foreign investors were net purchasers with EGP 19.284 million and EGP 131.608 million, respectively. Egyptian traders were net sellers with EGP 150.893 million.