Egypt's bourse gains 13 billion pound in week

CAIRO – 15 July 2017: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices were collectively up for the second week in a row.

The market capital gained about EGP 13 billion, raising its weekly gains to close at EGP 713.8 billion at the end of the week, said a report by the Egyptian Exchange on Thursday.

The EGX 30 benchmark index leapfrogged 3.39 percent to reach 13,823 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) went up by 1.73 percent to 686 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index also increased 1.58 percent to close at 1,571 points.