The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) continued its upward trend as all indices were up at the opening of a trading session on Tuesday, backed by wide purchases by investment funds and foreign institutions. 

The market capital gained about 17.2 billion pounds at the opening of transactions to reach 492.9 billion pounds against 475.7 billion pounds on Monday.

The EGX 30 benchmark index went up by 3.3 percent to close at 10,146.8 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) increased by 1.8 percent to 377.55 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index inched up by 2.69 percent to hit 898.25 points.