Cairo – Mubasher: The indices of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed Monday’s trading session in red territory, pressured by foreign selling.
The benchmark EGX30 index has extended its losses, falling 1.18% at 15,655.89 points.
Meanwhile, the small- and mid-cap EGX70 index slid 0.97% to 762.28 points, and the broader EGX100 index shed 1.2% to 1,956 points.
Likewise, the equal-weighted EGX50 index tumbled 1.12% to 2,656 points.
Trading volume amounted to around 118.24 million shares exchanged through 17,200 transactions at a turnover of EGP 777.5 million.
Foreign investors were mostly sellers, netting EGP 21 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 5.2 million and EGP 15.8 million, respectively.
Market capitalisation lost EGP 7.2 billion and finished the session at EGP 878.26 billion.
