EGX shows mixed performance, benchmark climbs 0.8%

CAIRO – 9 May 2017: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes shut on a mixed note Tuesday, with the benchmark EGX30 index ending in the green zone, boosted by foreign purchases.

The benchmark went up 0.82 percent, closing at 12,934 points. CIB, the heaviest weight on the gauge increased 0.79 percent to end at 75.94 EGP per share ($4.19).

In turn, the small and mid-cap enterprises index (EGX70) declined 0.57 percent, to hit 594 points at close. The all-embracing EGX100 index also went down 0.12 percent, ending at 1,373 points.

Market capitalization gained around 3.1 billion EGP ($170.9 million) totaling 669.5 billion EGP. The market turnover registered 1.01 billion EGP and foreign traders were the sole net buyers.