Cairo – Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has seen an upward trend early Monday, backed by purchases by Egyptian investors.

By 10:19 am Cairo time, the benchmark EGX30 index added 30.32 points, or 0.12%, to 14,794.08 points.

The small- and mid-cap EGX70 index edged up 0.2% to 695.4 points, while the broader EGX100 index went up 0.2% to 1,760.19 points.

Likewise, the equal-weighted EGX50 index levelled up 0.3% to 2,394 points.

Meanwhile, trading volume amounted to around 8.8 million shares exchanged through 1,800 transactions at a turnover of EGP 41.4 million.

Egyptian investors were net buyers with EGP 831,800, whereas foreign and Arab investors were net sellers with EGP 18,600 and EGP 813,220, respectively.

The heavyweight Commercial International Bank (CIB) added 0.5% to EGP 88.96.