All three stock market indices of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) on Wednesday, March 24, witnessed a positive performance.
Benchmark index EGX 30 increased by 2.2 percent closing at 10,702.18 points.
EGX 70 which measures the market price performance of Egypt’s 70 biggest Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) also went up by 1.81 percent to close at 1,855.29 points.
The broader market index, EGX 100 also closed at 2,795 points recording an increase of 2.02 percent.
Trading volume for Wednesday reached 531 million shares executed through 39,301 transactions with a total value of $70.8 million with market capitalisation amounting to $41 billion.
Top performers for the day by trading volume were Dice Sport, Orascom Investment Holding, Lift Slab Misr, Orascom Financial Holding, and Porto Group.
On the other hand, the worst performers on the exchange included Orange Egypt, Delta for Printing, Saudi Egyptian Investment, Foodico, Univert Food Industries, Alexandria Portland, Global Telecom, Egypt – South Africa for Communication, and Al Orouba Securities.
