Egyptian stocks are trading in the green for the week's second consecutive session, the benchmark EGX30 up 0.49 per cent at 4,998 points just before midday Monday. The broader EGX70 is, by contrast, slipping 0.12 per cent. Investment bank EFG-Hermes is seeing the bulk of trade having returned to the market after a brief freeze as exchange authorities awaited more news on a potential merger.