EGX gains $36.36bn, benchmark up 1.47% over past week

CAIRO – 6 May 2017: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all up during last week’s transactions.

The benchmark EGX30 index surged 1.47 percent, standing at 12,710 points, the EGX said on Thursday in its weekly report.

The small and mid-cap enterprises EGX70 index increased 0.86 percent, registering 592 points, while the all-embracing EGX100 index rose 0.61 percent, totaling 1,360 points.

Market capitalization was up by 0.7 percent, reaching nearly 659 billion EGP ($36.36 billion).

Total turnover registered at 16.2 billion EGP, compared to 5.1 billion EGP over the previous week.