Bourse indexes rise collectively in Egypt

The Egyptian Exchange indexes were all up at the close of Monday’s trading session, resuming the upward trend they started last week backed by purchases by foreign investment funds and institutions after the government announced the resumption of economic reform talks with the International Monetary Fund.
The market capital achieved gains worth EGP 4.2 billion to reach EGP 508.75 billion after transactions hit EGP 1.3 billion.
The EGX 30 benchmark index rose 1.4 percent to close at 9,437.15 points.
The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) went up by 0.07 percent to 618.36 points.
The all-embracing EGX 100 index also increased by 0.23 percent to close at 1,129.29 points.