The Egyptian Exchange started this week trading with gains amounting to EGP 3.5 billion and its indexes were all up.

The capital market climbed to EGP 489.6 billion.

The benchmark index EGX 30 rose by 1.26 percent to 8511,98 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) went up to 450,74 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index followed suit with 0.88 percent taking the index up to 952,48 points.