EGX announces trading hours during the Holy month of Ramadan

CAIRO – 23 April 2020: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) decided the time of trading session during the Holy month of Ramadan.

EGX added on its website that trading session of main market listed securities and SMEs market (NILEX); will be from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm, preceded by a discovery session at 9:30 am.

“The time to record orders in the deals market for transactions with large volume from 9:15 am to 9:45 am,” it added.

According to EGX, the trading session for non-listed securities (Orders Market, OTC) will be on Monday and Wednesday only of each week from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm.

“The trading session for non-listed securities (Deals Market, OTC) will be from 09:30 am to 1:30 pm,” it added.

Moreover, the trading session for non-listed securities (Central Depository) will be from 10:00 am to 11:30 am, and the time to divide Omnibus Accounts will be from 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm.

On Wednesday, EGX ended the session on a semi- collective rise, as: EGX 30 dipped 0.75 percent, while EGX 50 rose 0.87 percent, EGX 70 increased 1.13 percent, and EGX 100 inched up 0.04 percent.