EGX gains 241 pts in early trade

Cairo – Mubasher: The EGX30 index of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) rose at Tuesday’s open by 1.94% or 241 points to the level of 12,686.63 points.

By 10:30am Cairo time, the EGX70, EGX100, and EGX50 indices grew 0.77%, 0.92%, and 2.08%, respectively.

Trading volume reached 81 million shares exchanged at EGP 258.9 million.

Egyptian Iron and Steel rose by 7.55%, Citadel Capital advanced by 6.60%, and Commercial International Bank - Egypt (CIB) leapt 7.55% to EGP 76.15.

Local and Arab investors were net buyers by EGP 36.8 million and EGP 7.7 million respectively, while net sales by foreign investors amounted to EGP 44.6 million.

The benchmark EGX30 fell on Monday by 0.84% or 105 points to the level of 12,444.2 points.

MUBASHER Contribution Time: 21-Feb-2017 08:48 (GMT)
MUBASHER Last Update Time: 21-Feb-2017 08:53 (GMT)