Cairo - MENA
The Egyptian Exchange indexes closed up in the first week of November and the market capital gained EGP 15.3 billion to hit EGP 519.5 billion or 3 percent higher than the week before.
During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 jumped 3.35 percent to 9,421 points, said a weekly report issued by the Egyptian Exchange, of which MENA received a copy.
The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) soared 1.31 percent, reaching 618 points.
The all-embracing EGX 100 index was also up 1.48 percent to hit 1,126 points.
The capped index EGX 20 increased 4.21 percent, closing at 10,953 points.