Cairo – Mubasher: Purchases by Arab and foreign investors in the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) have pushed the indices slightly up early Thursday.
By 10:25 am Cairo time, the benchmark EGX30 index inched up 0.05% to 15,114 points, gaining 7.7 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index added 0.01% to 668.51 points, whereas the broader EGX100 index edged up 0.01% to 1,706 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index levelled up 0.04$ to 2,372 points.
Meanwhile, trading volume amounted to around 7.7 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 14.6 million through 743 transactions.
Egyptian investors were net sellers with EGP 1.23 million, while foreign and Arabs were net buyers with EGP 1.11 million and EGP 115,000, respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) grew 0.11% to EGP 73.9.
