The Egyptian Stock Exchange indices continued to rise for the fifth consecutive session at the closing of trading today, Thursday, at the end of the week’s trading, supported by purchases by foreign and Arab institutions and investment funds, while the transactions of local institutions tended towards selling.
The market capitalization of the shares of companies listed on the stock exchange gained about 3 billion pounds, reaching a level of 1.276 trillion pounds, amid total transactions amounting to about 3.2 billion pounds, which included transactions in the main dealers’ market and ownership transfer deals, while the stock market transactions amounted to about 3 billion pounds.
The main index of the Egyptian Stock Exchange / EGX / 30 increased by 0.3% to reach the level of 18873.82 points, while the index of small and medium stocks / EGX / 70 increased by 0.44% to reach the level of 3829.51 points. The rises included the broader / EGX / 100 index, which increased by 0.22. % to reach the level of 5597.8 points.