The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) continued its upward trend at the close of Tuesday's trading, backed by intensive purchases by Arab and Egyptian investors.
The market capital achieved gains worth 2.58 billion pounds to reach 489.4 billion pounds, after transactions, which hit 1.05 billion pounds.
The EGX 30 benchmark index increased by 0.08 percent to reach 8710.6 points.
The broader EGX 100 index rose by 0.04 percent to 1063.1 points while the index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) decreased by 0.55 percent to 555.31 points.