The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) continued its upward trend as all indices were up at the opening of trading session on Monday, backed by wide purchases by investment funds and foreign institutions. 

The market capital gained about 11.3 billion pounds at the opening of transactions to reach 469.5 billion pounds against 458.2 billion pounds on Sunday.

The EGX 30 benchmark index went up by 4.95 percent to close at 9,813.09 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) increased by 0.67 percent to 367.82 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index inched up by 1.06 percent to hit 862.52 points.