The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) ended its mid-week trading session with a mixed note, closing with a market cap. of EGP 2.225 trillion.

Benchmark index EGX 30 was up by 0.47% to 30,793.94 points, followed by the Shariah index which inched upwards by 0.08% to end the session at 3,174.92 points.

EGX 70 dropped by 0.08% to 8,116.38 points, with EGX 100 slipping 0.04% to reach 11,315.07 points.

Tuesday trading saw 1.264 billion shares exchanged with a turnover of EGP 3.515 billion. The EGX reported that securities trading was led by individual traders with 78.08% of transactions, with institutions as 21.91%.

Market capitalization was recorded at EGP 2.225 trillion, slightly up from yesterday’s EGP 2.223 trillion.

Trading on securities saw Egyptian and Arab traders as net buyers with EGP 24.56 million and EGP 43.6 million, respectively. Foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 68.1 million.