CAIRO: Assets rose to 16 billion EGP (U.S. $2.7 billion) for the Suez Canal Bank in December 2010 comparing to how they were at 15.5 billion (U.S. $2.6 billion) EGP in 2009. The bank statement shows that values of loans and development facilities went up 5.4 billion EGP (U.S. $900 million) last year, reaching the same figure of 2009. Bank deposits reached 12.6 billion EGP (U.S. $2.2 billion) in December comparing to how they were at 12.4 EGP (U.S. $ 2 billion) in 2009. Total equity rose to 1.9 billion EGP (U.S. $316 million) and the value of the bank's balance sheet reached 15.8 billion EGP (U.S. $2.6 billion).