Egypt: Prices of several commodities, vegetables hike on May 20th

Arab Finance: Prices of basic commodities and vegetables in local markets varied on Wednesday, May 20^th, according to data issued by the Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC).

The price of packaged rice climbed by 7% to EGP 37 per kilogram, while the price of packaged flour fell by 5.6% to EGP 24.2 per kilogram.

Sugar was priced at EGP 33.8 per kilogram, registering a 2.2% daily increase.

Meanwhile, the sunflower oil jumped by 4.2% to EGP 101.1 per kilogram.

As for vegetables, the price of tomatoes jumped to EGP 39.3 per kilogram, and the price of potatoes grew by 1.5% to EGP 14.2 per kilogram.