Egyptian bourse loses LE 9B over US bourse drop

CAIRO - 4 February 2018: The Egyptian Exchange indexes thudded down in the first 10 minutes of Sunday's trading session over a drop in the U.S. bourse in the weekend.

The market capital lost LE 9 billion to reach LE 853 billion.

The EGX 30 benchmark index went down by 1.03 percent to register 14,926.51 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) shaved off 1.5 percent to stand at 857.78 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index dropped 1 percent to stand at 2,036.72 points.