{"id":595313,"date":"2019-09-23T04:27:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T04:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/09\/23\/egx-has-worst-day-since-2016-after-weekend-protests\/"},"modified":"2019-09-23T04:27:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T04:27:49","slug":"egx-has-worst-day-since-2016-after-weekend-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/09\/23\/egx-has-worst-day-since-2016-after-weekend-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"EGX has worst day since 2016 after weekend protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-01\"><\/a> <b>The EGX turned in its worst showing since 2016 yesterday <\/b>as investors dumped shares following two nights of protests in Egyptian cities. The benchmark EGX30 index fell 5.32%, while the wider EGX100 closed down nearly 5.7%, its worst single-day decline since 2012. Chemical, real estate, and basic materials companies were especially hard hit, but dairy foods player Juhayna was the worst-hit on the EGX30, plunging 9.7%. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egx.com.eg\/en\/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=189899\">Trading was halted for half an hour<\/a> at 12:45 CLT after the market 5%, the first time circuit breakers were triggered since the float of the EGP in November 2016.<\/p>\n<p><b>Analysts point to protests: <\/b>The <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/09\/22\/small-protests-break-out-in-several-egyptian-cities-on-friday\/\">breakout of protests<\/a> in a number of cities over the weekend weighed on investors, who are keeping an eye on the potential for escalation, analysts said yesterday. \u201cIt is definitely due to the small escalation over the weekend, which is making investors cautious,\u201d Ashraf Akhnouk, director at Arqaam Capital, <a href=\"https:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/egyptNews\/idAFL5N26D05V\">told Reuters<\/a>, adding that most of the sellers were local and Arab investors. 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