Egyptian stocks gain EGP 1.7 bln Sunday

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Performance of the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) pursued its upward trend for driven by Arab and foreign traders' massive purchasing of blue chip stocks in the market. The EGX daily report said market capital grew by 1.7 billion Egyptian pounds (EGP) to close at EGP 384.1 billion. (a USD 1 is equivalent to EGP 6. 10). The EGX 30 Index, gauging the performance of the top 30 listed companies, rose by 0.49 percent to 5569.69 points while the EGX 70 Index went up by 2.13 percent to 520.53 points and the EGX 100 gained 1.54 percent, hitting 875.03 points.