EGX ends in green, benchmark surges 1.6% over past week

CAIRO - 11 June 2017: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all up during last week’s transactions.

The benchmark EGX30 index increased 1.61 percent, registering 13,683 points, the EGX said Thursday in its weekly report.

Meanwhile, the small and mid-cap enterprises EGX70 index hiked 6.38 percent, hitting 610 points, while the all-embracing EGX100 index surged 4.86 percent, totaling 1,436 points.

Market capitalization was also up 1.1 percent, reaching nearly LE 686 billion ($37.8 billion.)

Total turnover registered LE 5.7 billion, compared to LE 6.7 billion over the previous week.