Egypt bourse up for second week in a row, gains EGP 20bn

The Egyptian Exchange indexes closed last week up for the second week in a row.
Its market capital gained EGP 20 billion to hit EGP 539.5 billion or 3.8 percent higher than the week before.
During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 jumped 1.07 percent to 9,260 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 1.35 percent, reaching 626 points.
The all-embracing EGX 100 index was also up 0.08 percent to hit 1,126 points.
The capped index EGX 20 increased 1.6 percent, closing at 10,778 points.