Purchases by Egyptian investors pushed stock indexes up, ending the downward trend that dominated the beginning of the trading session, while the sales of foreign investors pushed the main index EGX30 downward by 0.39 percent to reach 6176.88 points.
The value of trading in stock reached LE 277.3 million through 13,200 transactions, while the market capitalization of shares gained about LE 1.9 billion.
The EGX70 index which tracks small and medium sized shares went up 0.28 percent to hit 517.72 points. The broader index EGX100 went up by 0.16 percent to hit 871.18 points.
Edited translation from al-Masry al-Youm
