Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has closed higher on Thursday, with the benchmark EGX 30 index rising by 0.43 percent to 10,642 points.
EGX 70 EWI index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) soared by 3.14 percent to 2,764 points, while the fixed-weighted index, EGX 30 Capped hiked by 0.54 percent to 13,018 points. The all-embracing index, EGX 100 surged by 2.42 percent to 3,722 points. In addition, the equal weights index, EGX 50 added 2.12 percent to 2,339 points.
Market Cap
The country’s market capitalisation has on Thursday posted gains worth 7.9 billion Egyptian pounds ($508.5 million), ending the trading at 709.028 billion pounds buoyed by local investors’ buying appetite.
Trading Aggregates
Trading value has approximately reached around 3.56 billion pounds, while the trading volume has almost recorded 390.586 million securities executed 46,130 transactions.
