During the week from 4 to 8 May 2025, the Egyptian Stock Exchange witnessed a contrasting performance, which was overwhelmed by sales pressure despite a noticeable improvement in liquidity indicators and trading sizes, and despite a noticeable increase in the total value of transactions, most market indicators were closed on a decrease, at a time when foreign and Arab investors continue to gradually get out of the market.
High liquidity
The total value of trading in the stock exchange recorded about 242.6 billion pounds, up from 222.6 billion pounds in the previous week, with a growth rate exceeding 9%, and trading quantities increased to 8.586 million securities through 605 thousand operations, compared to 6.338 million papers and 430 thousand operations last week, which reflects the return of the activity to the market in terms of the number of deals and the value of operations.
Despite these positive indicators of liquidity, the main indicators were closed to a decline, indicating that liquidity was directed towards corrective or short -range speculation, not to build long investment centers.
Trading distribution
The analysis of the market components revealed the acquisition of debt tools (bonds and treasury bills) on the largest share of trading within the cabin by 89.62%, compared to only 10.38% for shares, which reflects the directions of institutions and investors towards safety in light of the fluctuations of the stock market.
Investors direction
Investor trading data shows the continued dominance of Egyptians on the market by 79.1%of the total trading on restricted shares, while foreigners acquired 10.4%, the Arabs over 10.5%, and foreigners recorded a net sale of 2.2 billion pounds, while the Arabs recorded a net sales of 2.38 billion pounds, which reflects a gradual exit for foreign liquidity from the stock exchange during the period.
Since the beginning of the year, the Egyptians ‘transactions represented 88.5%of restricted stock trading, while foreigners’ share reached 5.3%, and the Arabs 6.1%, foreigners recorded a net cumulative sale of about 73.9 million pounds, while the Arabs recorded a net sale exceeding 2.89 billion pounds, which puts pressure on the market’s ability to maintain main support levels.
Performing indicators
Most of the market indicators were closed to a decrease, led by the EGX30 index, which fell by 1.1% to close at 31,772.04 points, and EGX30 Capped decreased by 1.06% to 39,624.29 points, while EGX70 EWI decreased by 1.15% to 9,498.35 points, as well as S&P Egypt BMI by 2.19% to 7,134.99. Point, while the EGX100 EWI index was the only exception, as it increased by 0.37% closed at 12,853.27 points, driven by better performance than some small and medium stocks that received remarkable speculation.
Performance analysis
The market capital of the bound shares decreased by 1.01% during the week to close at 2,258.8 billion pounds, touched by the decline in most major shares and the low morale of investors due to the continued foreign sales.
The data of the week reveals a clear contradiction between high liquidity on the one hand, and the weak performance of indicators on the other hand, which reflects the fragility of confidence in the market in light of the continuous selling pressures, and the markets remain in need of strong incentives, whether through financial policies and structural reforms to restore confidence and achieve sustainable positive momentum.
