Stock market indexes continued retreating during the middle session. Many shares of big companies retreated, too. Arab and Egyptian investors and organizations held purchasing processes. Main stock market index EGX 30 declined by 0.34 percent, medium and small companies index EGX 70 also retreated by 0.40 percent and the most common EGX 100 declined by 0.35 percent. The volume of transactions reached 97.8 million EGP (U.S. $16.4 million). Companies shares decreased including Sodic by 3.6 percent, Pioneers by 1.7 percent, International Trade Bank by 0.96 percent, Mobinil by 1.2 percent, Pioneers by 1.7 percent, Juhaina by 2.5 percent, Orascom Telecom by 1.6 percent, Egyptian Telecom by 0.41 percent and Agwaa by 0.54 percent. Ezz Steel rose by 1.2 percent.
