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

The market capital gained about 6 billion pounds at the opening of transactions to reach 506.7 billion pounds against 500.7 billion pounds on Wednesday.

The EGX 30 benchmark index went up by 1.15 percent to close at 10,342.21 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) increased by 1.23 percent to 395.1 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index inched up by 1.16 percent to hit 945.15 points.