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Egypt bourse up for 2nd week in a row, gains LE20 billion

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes closed last week up for the second week in a row.

EGX market capital gained LE20 billion to hit LE 539.5 billion or 3.8 percent higher than the week before.

During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 jumped 1.07 percent to 9,260 points, said a weekly report issued by the Egyptian Exchange.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) soared 1.35 percent, reaching 626 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index was also up 0.08 percent to hit 1,126 points.

The capped index EGX 20 increased 1.6 percent, closing at 10,778 points.

 

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