Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange moved higher in Thursday’s early trading as the benchmark index EGX30 added 0.61% or 50 points reaching the level of 8,342 points on buying activity by local investors.
The small and medium – caps index EGX70 rose 0.19% to 362.9 points, while the broader index EGX10 moved up 0.34% to 805.7 points.
The weighted index EGX50, was the sole decliner as it lost 0.30% to 1,424 points.
EGX witnessed, in Thursday’s early trading, 180 million shares changed hands worth EGP 349 million.
Local and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 2 million and EGP 9.2 million respectively, while foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 11.2 million.
