Cairo – Mubasher: The indices of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Monday’s trading session in red territory, dragged down by local and Arab sell-off.
The benchmark EGX30 index slipped 0.53%, finishing the session at 15,297.02 points.
Market capitalisation lost EGP 2.5 billion and ended the session at EGP 862.8 billion.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index dipped 0.23% to 740.36 points, and the broader EGX100 index slid 0.21% to 1,915.98 points.
Likewise, the equal-weighted EGX50 index tumbled 0.94% to 2,546.75 points.
Trading volume amounted to nearly 141.9 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 530.8 million through 17,400 transactions.
Foreign investors were mostly buyers, netting EGP 42.2 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 25.1 million and EGP 17.3 million, respectively.
