The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has ended Tuesday's session posting gains of EGP 1.5 billion backed by non-Arab foreign buyers. The capital market has reached to EGP 386.519 billion. The EGX indices closed in green. The main index, EGX30 rose by 0.81% to end at 5795.57 p. EGX20 inched up by 0.65% to close 6704.64 p. Meanwhile, the mid- and small-cap index, the EGX70 increased by 0.24% to conclude at 482.79 pts. Price index EGX100 edged up 0.38% to finish at 815.69 p. During Tuesday's closing, the trading volume has reached 158.666 million securities worth EGP 411.738 million, exchanged 23.729 thousand transactions. This was after trading in 170 listed securities; 58 declined, 82 advanced; while 30 keeping their previous levels. EGX's closing gains were backed by the non-Arab foreigners' buying transactions as they were net buyers seizing 14.72% of the total markets, with a net equity of EGP 76.613 million excluding the deals. Meanwhile, Egyptians and Arabs were net sellers seizing 76.17% and 9.11% respectively, of the total markets, with a net equity of EGP 66.069 million and EGP 10.543 million excluding the deals.
