Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has opened Monday in greed territory as the presidential election started.
By 10:34 am Cairo time, the benchmark EGX30 index grew 164.34 points, or 0.97%, to 17,149.03 points.
The EGX70 index added 0.78% to 880.58 points, while the EGX100 index edged up 0.58% to 2,242 points.
Likewise, the equal-weighted EGX50 index rose 1.2% to 2,900 points.
Trading volume reached around 93.8 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 236.8 million through 4,300 transactions.
Foreign investors were net buyers with EGP 8.7 million, while Egyptian and Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 6.14 million and EGP 2.5 million, respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) levelled up 0.91% to EGP 88 at EGP 12.9 million.
