The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) is considering launching a new index that merges sustainability and Islamic Sharia principles, along with efforts to raise capital of listed companies valued below EGP 100 million within a year, EGX Chairman Ahmed El-Sheikh.

Egypt’s index of manufacturing and extractive industries, excluding crude oil and petroleum products, recorded 112.55 in July 2024, up by 2.74% month on month (MoM) from 109.55 in June.

Egypt is making strides to regain its position in JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Government Bond Index for Emerging Markets (GBI-EM), a benchmark tracked by more than $200 billion in emerging-market funds.

Egypt’s index of manufacturing and extractive industries, excluding crude oil and petroleum products, recorded 108.35 in June 2024, up by 0.07% month on month (MoM) from 108.27 in May, according to a press release by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) is looking to introduce an index for companies that are subject to listing on the EGX.

CI Capital's subsidiary CI Capital Asset Management is planning to launch the first investment fund that mimics the index compliant with Islamic Sharia principles, pending the requisite regulatory approvals.

Egypt’s index of manufacturing and extractive industries, excluding crude oil and petroleum products, recorded 107.61 in March 2024, up 5.28% month on month (MoM) from 102.21 in February.

Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) has announced the end of special treatment for Egypt and Kenya in its equity indexes.

The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has launched the first benchmark index for responsible pricing of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) financing.

Egypt’s index of manufacturing and extractive industries, excluding crude oil and petroleum products, recorded 103.21 in June 2023, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed

Egypt’s index of manufacturing and extractive industries, excluding crude oil and petroleum products, recorded 105.64 in May 2023, up 12.04% month-on-month (MoM) from 94.29.

The New York-based MSCI Inc previously announced that would adopt special treatment for Egypt in the MSCI Equity Indexes to potentially minimize the changes in related indexes and eliminate index replication problems.