Egypt's stock market achieved a notable rise in its first session of the week, following an acute loss Thursday that amounted to 7 billion EGP (U.S. $1.17 billion). The main index, the EGX30, rose by 0.74 percent, the index of the small and medium enterprises, the EGX70, rose by 0.20 percent, while the EGX100 fell 0.21 percent. A number of shares witnessed a notable rise today such as Orascom Telecom by 2.21 percent, Citadel Financial Consultants by 2.12 percent, International Commercial Bank by 2.21 percent, EFG Hermes by 0.68 percent, and Saaed Contracting by 2.96 percent.
