The weekly report of the Egyptian Stock Exchange revealed that the Egyptians’ transactions on the stock exchange recorded 87.9% during the sessions of the week ending, foreigners acquired 6.3%, and Arabs 5.8%, after excluding deals, while foreigners recorded net purchases on the Egyptian Stock Exchange at a value of 303.6 million pounds, and the Arabs recorded Net sales amounted to 54.1 million pounds, after excluding deals.
Egyptians’ transactions represented 85.1% of the trading value of listed shares since the beginning of the year after excluding deals, while foreigners recorded 7.1%, and Arabs recorded 7.7%. Foreigners recorded net selling on the Egyptian Stock Exchange since the beginning of the year at a value of 8.5 billion pounds, while Arabs continued to record net purchases of about 2.3. EGP 1 billion, on listed shares after excluding deals since the beginning of the year.
The main index of the Egyptian Stock Exchange, “EGX30”, rose by 3.66% to close at 18,873.82 points, during the week-ending sessions – the last week in August – and the index of small and medium stocks, “EGX70 of equal weights”, rose by 3.44%, to close at The level of 3829.51 points, and the “EGX 100 index of equal weights” recorded a growth of 2.83% to close at the level of 5597.80 points, and the “EGX 30 index of equal weights” recorded a growth of 2.8% to close at the level of 22708.89 points, while the Excellence index decreased by 0.53% to close At the level of 5450.78 points