Translated by Ingy Ashraf,
The Egyptian Stock Exchange closed on Monday, December 25, 2023, with a collective rise in the indices, supported by purchases by Arab and foreign investors, while Egyptian investors turned to selling.
The market capitalization increased to EGP 1.663.800 trillion at the end of trading on Monday, up from EGP 1.648.265 trillion the previous day, resulting in EGP 15.535 billion in market gains for the stock exchange.
The main index EGX30 finished 1.7% to record 24,226 points.
The EGX100 index increased 0.68% to 7,691 points at the close.
The EGX70 index closed at 5,347 points, up 0.65%.
The EGX30 index with stated weights increased 1.4% to 29,253 points.
The EGX30 total return index reached 1.72% to 10,315 points.
During today’s session, 203 companies’ shares were traded, with 61 companies’ shares rising and 84 companies’ shares remaining unchanged, while the shares of 58 companies remained unchanged, with 1.3 billion shares worth EGP 2.6 billion traded in 96.8 thousand transactions.
The Egyptian for Modern Education Systems share topped the list of the fastest increasing shares, 19.7% to EGP 0.4 from EGP 0.3, followed by the Nasr for Clothing and Textiles-KAPO share, which rose 12.7% to EGP 2.7 from EGP 2.4.
