The Egyptian Stock Exchange (ESE) lost EGP 9.3 billion on the first day of trading since the two days of presidential voting ended on 27/5/2012 to mark the second-biggest one-day plunge ever in 2012.
The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) was down by 3.49 percent to 4798 points. The all-embracing EGX 100 index drew back by 2.6 percent taking the index down to 755.11 points.
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