CAIRO, Jan 31 (Aswat Masriya) – Egypt’s benchmark index EGX 30 surged by 2.13 per cent to reach 6,614 points at the beginning of trading on Sunday.

The index for small and medium enterprises EGX 70 and the broader EGX 100 increased by 0.14 and 0.64 per cent respectively.  

In the past week, the Egyptian stock market’s main and secondary indicators have largely moved up in trading, with the benchmark index EGX 30 climbing 4.79 per cent, after a general decline that was caused by to the drop global oil prices.