Benchmark index EGX 30 gets up to 2.6%
Purchases by foreign investors, investment funds and financial institutions have pushed up indexes of the Egyptian stock market at the close of trading on Sunday 31/10/2011.
The Egyptian Exchange gained LE5.5 billion at the close of trading, reaching a total value of LE335.1 billion.
The benchmark index EGX 30 closed 2.6 percent up at 4452.81 points.
The newly-minted capped index EGX 20 rose 2.15 percent registering 4745.97 points.
The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) increased 0.58 percent to 491.43 points.
The all-embracing EGX 100 index followed suit with 1.49 percent taking the index up to 768.45 points.
The Egyptian Stock exchange (ESE) was the first among Arab bourses and second worldwide to launch social corporate responsibility indexes, said President of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) Ashraf el-Sharqawi.
El-Sharqawi made his remarks during a celebration held to mark one year since the launch of the Environmental, Social, and Governance Index (ESG) in Egypt.
The Egyptian Exchange gained LE5.5 billion at the close of trading, reaching a total value of LE335.1 billion.
The benchmark index EGX 30 closed 2.6 percent up at 4452.81 points.
The newly-minted capped index EGX 20 rose 2.15 percent registering 4745.97 points.
The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) increased 0.58 percent to 491.43 points.
The all-embracing EGX 100 index followed suit with 1.49 percent taking the index up to 768.45 points.
The Egyptian Stock exchange (ESE) was the first among Arab bourses and second worldwide to launch social corporate responsibility indexes, said President of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) Ashraf el-Sharqawi.
El-Sharqawi made his remarks during a celebration held to mark one year since the launch of the Environmental, Social, and Governance Index (ESG) in Egypt.