Cairo – Mubasher: The indices of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Monday’s trading session up on the back of local and Arab purchases.
The benchmark EGX30 index has extended its early gains and rose 0.7%, finishing the session at 13,072.17 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index jumped 1.21% to 676.65 points, whereas the broader EGX100 index rose 1.12% to 1,697.02 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index added 1.28% to 2.067.98 points.
Trading volume amounted to nearly 169.08 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 665.5 million through 22,140 transactions.
Foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 185.6 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 181.7 million and EGP 3.8 million, respectively.
Market capitalisation closed the session at EGP 743.12 billion and gained EGP 6.6 billion.
