Saturday 14/March/2026 – 12:43 PM
I witnessed stock market About 4 billion pounds of foreign and Arab investor funds have exited since the start of the war on Iran until now, amid great anticipation from investors and the restructuring of their investments in various markets with mounting uncertainty regarding the war in the Middle East.
Net foreign purchases on the stock market have declined since the outbreak of the war against Iran on February 28, from 3.3 billion pounds to about 277.1 million pounds at the end of last week.
Stock market indicators
The Arabs recorded net sales of about 3,543.3 million pounds last week, compared to 2,105 billion pounds before the outbreak of war, on restricted shares after excluding transactions since the beginning of the year, which means the exit of 1 billion pounds from the market.
Egyptians’ transactions recorded 84.9% of the total transactions in registered shares, while foreigners accounted for 8.6%, and Arabs accounted for 6.6%, after excluding deals. Foreigners recorded net sales worth 166.9 million pounds, while Arabs recorded net sales worth 1,363.7 million pounds, after excluding deals.
Egyptians’ transactions represented 84.6% of the trading value of registered shares since the beginning of the year after excluding transactions, while foreigners recorded 10.0% and Arabs recorded 5.4%.
