Purchases by Arab and foreign investors were not enough to keep the Egyptian stock market from closing slightly down Monday, pushed by sales by Egyptian investors. The EGX 30 closed down 0.01 percent, while the EGX 20 fell by 0.02 percent. The medium and small companies index, the EGX 70, declined 0.95 percent, while the EGX 100 fell 0.48 percent. Transactions Monday were estimated at 391.8 million EGP (U.S. $65.7 million). Egyptian investors made up 63.31 percent of Monday's transactions, foreigners made up 29.98 percent, and Arabs represented 6.71 percent of trades. Companies closing down Monday included Talaat Mostafa by 1.6 percent, Amer Group by 1.6 percent, Egypt Resorts by 1.8 percent, Citadel by 2.6 percent, CIB by 0.37 percent, and Egypt Telecom by 0.33 percent.
