Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange finished mid-week trading session on a positive note for the second straight session following the shock of Brexit.
The main gauge EGX30 added 0.41%, or 281 points, to close at the mark of 6,931.9 points.
The small and mid-cap EGX70 rose 1.01% to 345.3 points.
The broader index EGX100 leveled up by 0.91% to 733.7 points.
Most blue-chip stocks ended the session in the green zone, but CIB, the largest EGX30 constituent, inched down 0.1% to EGP 39.99.
Egyptians were net buyers by EGP 15.2 million, while Arab and foreign investors were net sellers by EGP 5.6 million and EGP 9.6 million respectively.
Market capitalization gained EGP 2.2 billion to close at EGP 381 billion against EGP 378.8 billion yesterday.
General Silos & Storage, Assiut Islamic Trading, and Samad Misr led the gainers by 10%, 9.38%, and 8.45% respectively.
Meanwhile, the top losers were headed by Cairo Poultry (-4.51%), Egyptians Housing Development & Reconstruction (-3.17%), and Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt (-2.35%).
