Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices advanced collectively in Tuesday early trading amid remarkable buying activity by local investors.
The benchmark index EGX30 gained 3.55% or 417 points reaching 12,169 points.
The small and medium caps index EGX70 added 0.87% to 462.8 points, while EGX100 rose 1.38% to 1,097.7 points.
The weighted index EGX50 also surged 2.98% to 1,935 points.
Local investors were buyers with EGP 4.9 million, while Arab and foreign investors were sellers with EGP 3.3 million and EGP 1.6 million respectively.
The Egyptian Exchange decided to suspend trading on seven stocks after they surged by more than 5%.