EGX trades sideways, benchmark surges 1.07%

CAIRO – 8 May 2017: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of Monday's trading amid sales by Egyptian and Arab investors and institutions as well as by foreign investors.

Meanwhile, purchase operations prevailed in transactions of the foreign institutions.

The benchmark EGX30 index increased by 1.07 percent, closing at 12,828 points, while the small and mid-cap enterprises index (EGX70) slightly decreased by 0.06 percent, standing at 597 points.

The all-embracing EGX100 index was also up at 0.38 percent, registering 1,374 points.

Market capitalization gained about 4.5 billion EGP ($248.4 million), totaling about 666.5 billion EGP. The market turnover registered 839 million EGP.