The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) continued its upward trend at the close of Thursday's trading, backed by intensive purchases by local and foreign investment funds.
The market capital achieved gains worth 2.4 billion pounds to reach 524.02 billion pounds, after transactions, which hit 800 million pounds.
The EGX 30 benchmark index increased by 0.99 percent to reach 9,325.95 points.
The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) rose by 0.44 percent to 642.08 points.
The all-embracing EGX 100 index went up by 0.62 percent to close at 1,153.58 points.