Stock market lands in the red on Thursday, Market cap. slips to LE 2.296Trn
EGX 30 fell by 1.29 percent to hit 32,511.68 points during Thursday's session.
The Shariah index (EGX 33) dropped by 1.86 percent to end the session with 3,370.16 points.
EGX 70 plummeted by 2.63 percent to 9,605.19 points, followed by EGX 100 slipping by 2.31 percent to close the session with 13,070.09 points.
Thursday's session reported 1.89 billion shares exchanged with a turnover of LE 5.70 billion.
Market capitalization was recorded at LE 2.296,2 trillion.
Trading on securities saw Egyptian investors as net sellers with LE 63.1 million. Foreign and Arab traders were net buyers with LE 32.7 million and LE 30.4 million, respectively.
Individual traders controlled the majority of trades with 72.46 percent of overall activity.
The top gains of the session were by Samad Misr -EGYFERT which climbed by 10.57 percent, Misr Beni Suef Cement by 3.69 percent, and Gulf Canadian Real Estate Investment Co. by 2.76 percent.
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