EGX sees main indices barely holding onto the green zone amid Foreign selling
Cairo – March 10, 2025: The Egyptian Stock Exchange ended today's trading session on Monday with a collective rise in the indices.
Benchmark index EGX 30 closed with an increase of 0.02 percent, at a level of 31,125.5 points, with the Shariah index slipping 0.19 percent to reach 3,317.09 points.
EGX 70 inched upwards by 0.03 percent to reach 8,620.32 points, EGX 100 climbing up 0.11 percent to end the session with 11,969.41 points.
Monday trading reported over 1.181 billion shares exchanged with a turnover of LE 3.332 billion.
Market capitalization was recorded at LE 2.2891 trillion.
Trading on securities saw Egyptian and Arab investors as net buyers with LE 1.3 million and LE 137.2 million, respectively. Foreign traders were net sellers with LE 138.5 million.
Individual investors accounted for 68.75 percent of total market trading, while institutional investors made up 31.24 percent.
The top gains of the session were by Minapharm Pharmaceuticals which surged by 14.45 percent, Acrow Misr by 10.35 percent, and Upper Egypt Flour Mills by 6.48 percent.
The largest losses were by Asek Company for Mining – Ascom which fell by 5.52 percent, and El Ahram Co. For Printing And Packing by 3.7 percent.
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