Foreigners pull Egypt stocks up

While the broader indexes EGX 70 slipped by 0.02 per cent to 597.14 points, the EGX 100 rose 0.27 per cent to 881.64 points.

Volume totalled LE383.9 million ($64.5 million), they added.

Locals made net sell-offs worth LE45.5 million, while Arab and non-Arab investors made net purchases worth LE33.2 million and LE12.2 million respectively, according to Bourse data.

Egypt's heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) added 1.8 per cent to LE27.85 per share. EFG-Hermes, the country's biggest investment bank by market value, gained 2.3 per cent to LE16.78.