Egypt’s banking sector performance on EGX at Thursday's closing session

The banking sector ends EGX trading session on Thursday 23 March with increase in the market cap by 1.63% or EGP 258.632 billion compared to EGP 254.496 billion at the end of yesterday's session.

The market cap of the banking sector reached 28.17% of the total EGX market cap, which is considered the highest percentage among the sectors listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange.

The turnover on banking sector shares amounted to EGP 171.995 million which represents 13.64% of the total trading volume today after 4.431 million shares were exchanged capturing 1.78% of the total trading volume.

The indexes of the Egyptian Exchange ended Today’s trading session with increased and turnover amounted EGP 72.2 million on shares.

The main index of the Egyptian Stock Exchange “EGX30” rose by 2.44% at 15.625 points, “EGX70” index for medium stocks rose by 1.15% to record 2.765 points, and the broader index “EGX100” rose by1.63 %to record 4.106 points.