During all year round transactions EGX 30 benchmark index spiked 10.1  percent to stand at 11,949.18 points.

Also during the course of the year, the broader EGX 70 EWI of the leading small and mid-cap enterprises (SMEs) was up 2.64 percent, recording 2,201.79 points and the all-embracing EGX 100 index increased 5.08 percent to stand at 3,255.21 points.

At Thursday’s session all indexes were up and profits hit LE 12.1 billion with the EGX 30 benchmark index going up 0.43 percent and both EGX 70 EWI and EGX 100 indexes recording a rise of 0.85 percent each.