Cairo: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) opened Tuesday in green territory on the back of local and foreign buying.

By 10:36 am Cairo time, the benchmark EGX30 index jumped 237 points, or 237 points, to 15,536 points.

The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index edged up 0.47% to 753 points, and the broader EGX100 index 0.63% to 1,929 points.

Likewise, the equal-weighted EGX50 index levelled up 0.915 to 2,937 points.

Trading volume amounted to around 34.4 million shares exchanged at a turnover of EGP 96.4 million through 2,250 transactions.

Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 10.5 million, while foreign and Egyptian investors were net buyers with EGP 5.6 million and 4.9 million, respectively.

Source: Mubasher

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