EGX rebounds Monday, benchmark climbs 0.7%

CAIRO – 2 May 2017: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes rebounded Tuesday, the first trading session in May, boosted by Arab traders’ purchases.

The market was officially off on Sunday, May 1 on the occasion of Labor Day national holiday.

The benchmark EGX30 index went up 0.78 percent, closing Monday at 12,530 points.
The small and mid-cap enterprises index (EGX70) rose 0.6 percent, standing at 586.7 points.

Also, the all-embracing EGX100 index 0.46 percent, registering 1,346 points.
Market capitalization gained about 5.3 billion EGP ($293.14 million) totaling 654 billion EGP. The market turnover registered 490 million EGP.