EGX ends in red, benchmark down 0.85%

CAIRO – 18 May 2017: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all down at the closing of Thursday's trading amid sales by Egyptian and Arab institutions.

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

The benchmark EGX30 index declined 0.85 percent, closing at 12,952 points.

The small and mid-cap enterprises index (EGX70) slumped 0.48 percent, standing at 591 points.

Also, the all-embracing EGX100 was down 0.32 percent, registering 1,380 points.

Market capitalization lost about 3.2 billion EGP ($177 million) totaling 666.8 billion EGP. The market turnover registered 1.1 billion EGP.