Cairo - Mubasher: With the decline in the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) indices on Monday, Arab and foreign traders turned to selling with a net value of EGP 5.3 million and EGP 232.3 million, respectively.

While the Egyptians' dealings were directed towards buying stocks, with a net value of 237.6 pounds.

Institutional transactions varied, with foreign companies selling a net of EGP 232.4 million, while local and Arab companies bought EGP 80.4 million and EGP 72.7 million, respectively.

The main index of the stock exchange, “EGX30”, decreased by 0.02% to close at 30,436.7 points, and the share of “Commercial International Bank”, which has the largest relative weight in the main index, recorded an increase of 1.5%.

The market capitalization increased by EGP 5.7 billion at the end of trading, closing at EGP 2.247 trillion.

The EGX70 Equal Weight Index of Small and Medium Enterprises fell by 0.25% to close at 8,544.5 points, while the broader EGX100 Equal Weight Index fell by 0.03% to close at 11,731.7 points.

During the trading, 1.5 billion shares were traded, with a trading value of 3.8 billion pounds, through 94.19 thousand transactions, through trading on 212 shares during the session, of which 75 shares rose, 90 shares declined, while 47 shares remained unchanged.