Egypt's bourse gains 4bn pounds in September

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) gained 4 billion pounds in September, bringing market capital up from 444.7 billion pounds to 448.7 billion, according to a monthly report of the bourse.

The main benchmark EGX 30 index rose by 1.11 percent to 7,333.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) decreased by 1.01 percent to 388 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index rose by 0.82 percent to hit 845 points.

Trading in September reached 26 billion pounds against 20.2 billion pounds in the month before, the report said.

Trades by Egyptian investors represented 91.15 percent of the total transactions to be followed by foreigners (6.36%) then Arabs (2.49%).