EGX trades sideways, benchmark down 0.5%

CAIRO – 11 June 2017: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of Sunday's trading amid sales by Egyptian investors and Arab institutions.

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

The benchmark EGX30 index declined 0.49 percent, registering 13,616 points, while the small and mid-cap enterprises index (EGX70) increased 0.36 percent, reaching 612 points.

The all-embracing EGX100 index was almost flat, decreasing only 0.04 percent, closing at 1,435 points.

Market capitalization lost about LE 1.4 billion ($77.2 million), totaling LE 684.9 billion. The market turnover registered LE 1.1 billion.