EGX back in the green amid regional buying to add LE 14.9B to market cap.

Pushed by regional investor purchasing, the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) was able to rally and close on a positive note this Thursday.

Benchmark index EGX 40 was up by 0.93 percent to return to the 30k zone, closing the session with 30,011.84 points. The Shairah index grew by 0.74 percent to reach 3,166.02 points.

EGX 70 increased by 0.81 percent to 8,609.99 points, followed by EGX 100 climbing 0.68 percent to end the session with 11,731.98 points.

Thursday trading saw 2.1 billion shares exchanged with a turnover of LE 3.105 billion.