Egypt bourse gains EGP 2.3bn

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes continued to show varied performance at close of trading on Thursday amid purchase operations by foreign investors and Arab individuals. 

The market capital gained about 2.3 billion pounds to end today's transactions at 420.7 billion pounds, after total transactions which reached 826.3 million pounds. 

The EGX 30 benchmark index went up by 1.23 percent to reach 8,453.53 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) decreased by 0.25 percent to reach 364.84 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index rose by 0.07 percent to reach 809.07 points.