Egypt's stock exchange is widening its gains early, the benchmark EGX30 trading 1.4 per cent up at 4,775 points an hour into Thursday's session. The broader EGX70 and EGX100 are following the main index's northerly direction, up 0.2 and 1 per cent respectively. From the day's roughly 110 listed stocks, roughly half are gaining and half declining in value.