The Egyptian Stock Exchange ended its trading for the week from April 27 to May 30, 2025, at collective altitudes that reflected a cautious optimism between investors, supported by the high values, trading volumes and improvement of liquidity, at a time when external and regional factors are still playing a role in market movements.
Group ascension to the main indicators
The main index EGX30 achieved strong gains of 1.54 %to close at 32,126.22 points, continuing its rising course above the level of 32 thousand points, which reflects the interest of local institutions in leadership stocks, especially in the financial and industrial sectors, and followed in the positive performance EGX 30 Capped, which rose by 1.48 %closed at 40,048.41 points, to reflect a wide improvement The range is within the same slice of the stock of great weight, but with a balanced relative weights.
As for the EGX 70 EWI index, it recorded a remarkable performance of the rise of 1.76 %to close at 9,390.15 points, in an indication of the recovery of the appetite for risk among individual investors, especially in light of the harmony movements in some small and medium stocks.
The EGX 100 EWI index also increased by 1.58 %to close at 12,805.63 points, while the EGX P&S index increased by 0.95 %closed at 7,296.7 points.
A noticeable activity in trading
The total trading value during the week amounted to about 222.6 billion pounds, compared to 153.9 billion pounds in the previous week, an increase exceeding 44%, and the trading amount jumped to 6,338 million securities carried out through 430 thousand operations, compared to 2,762 million papers and 206 thousand operations in the past week, indicating a clear return of liquidity and investor interest in intensifying their dealings, especially in light of motivating price movements In a number of active stocks.
Despite this momentum, the bonds and treasury bills maintained their dominance in trading inside the cabin by 90.74% of the total value, while the share share did not exceed 9.26%, which reflects the continued preference of institutions for financial tools with a fixed return, especially in light of the continued high interest rates.
Foreign and Arab investors movements
In terms of investor categories, the Egyptians accounted for the largest share of transactions by 88.6%, while foreigners’ share reached 3.8%, and the Arabs 7.6%, after excluding deals, and foreigners recorded a net purchase of 18.1 million pounds, a positive development that reflects the improvement of relative confidence in the Egyptian market, while Arab investors recorded a net sale of about 540.9 million pounds, which may be explained by reaping profits after Previous rises in some stocks.
As for the beginning of the year, foreigners are still in a sale center with a net exceeding 2.27 billion pounds, and the Arabs also with a net sale of 515.7 million pounds, which reflects the survival of challenges related to the fluctuation of exchange rates and inflationary pressures as determinants of foreign direct and indirect investment decisions.
Market value enhances its gains
The total market value of the Egyptian Stock Exchange by the end of the week amounted to about 2,281.9 billion pounds, achieving a weekly growth of 1.71%, and this increase is in line with the general improvement in stock prices, in addition to some investors ’interest in re -concentrating their governorates before expected economic decisions, on top of which are monetary policy movements from the central bank.
Performance analysis
The Egyptian Stock Exchange’s indicators rise collectively during the last week, reflecting a state of cautious optimism among investors, supported by a noticeable improvement in liquidity and the increasing trading activity, especially in the small and medium stock slice, which was evident in the performance of EGX70 EWI and EGX100 EWI.
The main index EGX30 succeeded in exceeding the level of 32 thousand points, which is an important technical barrier, which gives a positive signal in the short term, and this performance comes despite the survival of foreign and Arab transactions in the sale field since the beginning of the year, indicating that the current momentum is mainly driven by the local purchasing power, whether from institutions or individuals, and given the high market value and the approach of EGX30 Capped from the level of 40 thousand points, it can be said that the Egyptian market is in a technical position Supporting to test new resistance levels, provided that liquidity continues and the stability of total economic factors.
