EGX ends on mixed note, benchmark up 0.3%

CAIRO – 24 April 2017: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of Monday's trading amid sales by foreign investors and local institutions.

Meanwhile, purchase operations prevailed in transactions of Egyptian and Arab investors as well as Arab and foreign institutions.

The benchmark EGX30 index increased 0.3 percent, closing at 12,582 points.

The small and mid-cap enterprises index (EGX70) decreased 0.22 percent, standing at 586 points.

Also, the all-embracing EGX100 was down 0.19 percent, registering 1,347 points.

Market capitalization lost about EGP177 million ($9.73 million) after transactions recorded EGP651.51 billion. The market turnover registered EGP1.5 billion.