Egypt's bourse gains EGP 1.5bn

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes went up collectively at the close of Sunday's trading amid purchase operations from foreign institutions and investors. 

The market capital gained about EGP 1.5 billion to reach 616.2 billion pounds, after transactions hit EGP 1.6 billion.

The EGX 30 benchmark index rose by 0.52 percent to close at 12,891.39 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) slightly increased by 0.08 percent to stand at 463.62 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index increased by 0.7 percent to reach 1,113.08 points.