The Egyptian Exchange's (EGX) indices saw very active trading during the week ending 1 June, while the market capitalization gained EGP 35 billion.

"Strong trading by Egypt and Arab intuitions and individuals pushed the market higher this week. The real estate, petrochemicals, and the non-banking financial stocks led the benchmark to break above 17,750 points by mid-week," Mohamed Atta, trader manager at Universal Brokerage said.

Ahram Online