Cairo – Mubasher: Purchases by Egyptian and Arab traders have pushed up the indices of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) early Monday.
By 10:20 am Cairo time, the benchmark EGX30 index edged up 32 points, or 0.23%, to 14,001.1 points.
The small- and mid-cap EGX70 inched up 0.07% to 698.82 points, while the broader EGX100 index added 0.13% to 1,754.81 points.
The equal-weighted EGX50 index leveled up 0.49% to 2,238 points.
Trading volume amounted to around 23.5 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 48.2 million through 2,060 transactions.
Foreign investors were net sellers with EGP 435,700, whereas the Egyptian and Arab investors were net buyers with EGP 197,800 and EGP 237,900, respectively.
The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) inched up 0.04% to EGP 83.04.
