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

The banking sector ends EGX trading session on Thursday 24 August with Increase in the market cap by 0.35% to record EGP 288.989 bn compared to EGP 287.976 bn at yesterday's session.

The market cap of the banking sector reached 24.60% 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 285.192 mn which represents 13.42% of the total trading volume today after 6.690 million shares were exchanged capturing 1.16% of the total trading volume.

The indexes of the Egyptian Exchange ended Today’s trading session with Increase only and turnover amounted EGP 10.7 mn on shares.

The main index of the Egyptian Stock Exchange “EGX30” rose by 0.41% and 18237 points, “EGX70” index for medium stocks rose by 0.0.60 % to record 3. 707 points, and the broader index “EGX100” Increased by 0.55 % to record 5450 points.