Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) benchmark index (EGX30) closed Thursday higher by 0.39% to settle at 11,667.73 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 EWI went up 0.87% to 2,131.58 points, while the EGX100 EWI rose by 1.18% to 3,166.52 points.
Meanwhile, the EGX50 EWI increased by 1.13% to 2,040.43 points.
A total of 394.445 million shares were traded through 40,044 transactions valued at EGP 2.736 billion, compared to 350.995 million shares traded at a total value of EGP 2.7 billion.
The market cap value increased to EGP 738.288 billion, compared to EGP 733.415 billion on Wednesday.
As for trading on securities, Egyptians and Arabs were net buyers with EGP 113.633 million and EGP 85,020, respectively, while foreigners were net sellers with EGP 113.718 million.
