Cairo - Mubasher: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices rose on Sunday, with the EGX30 index rising above the 31,900-point barrier, supported by foreign and Arab buying.

By 11:30 a.m. Cairo time, the Egyptian Exchange's main index, the EGX30, rose 0.82% to 31,938 points.

Meanwhile, the EGX70 Equal Weight Index for Small and Medium Enterprises rose by 1.3% to 9,038.31 points, while the EGX100 Equal Weight Index rose by 1% to 12,462.7 points.

During that time, 609 million shares were traded, with a trading value of approximately EGP 1.19 billion, through 37,590 transactions.

At the start of the session, 206 shares were traded, with 107 advancing, 29 declining, and 70 remaining unchanged.

In terms of investor transactions, Egyptians alone were selling shares, with a net value of EGP 37.5 million.

While Arab and foreign investors tended towards buying, with a net value of EGP 31.3 million and EGP 6.2 million, respectively.