FILE – EGXCAIRO - 30 April 2019: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) ended Tuesday’s session on mixed performance, adding LE 3.07 billion to market capitalization, amid foreign investors’ purchases.Tuesday’s session is the first trading session of the week, as EGX has been off since Thursday, April 25.Earlier this month, EGX announced several official holidays for the bourse during the coming period. Thursday, April 25, was a holiday in celebration Sinai Liberation Day.Trading was off on Sunday, April 28, on the occasion of Easter. Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.Moreover, EGX was off on Monday, April 29, in celebration of Sham Ennesim, which is an Egyptian national holiday marking the beginning of spring. It always falls on the day after the Eastern Easter.Trading will be resumed on Tuesday, April 30, to be off again on Wednesday, May 1, which marks Labor Day. It added LE 3.78 billion to market capitalization.

Source: Egypt Today April 30, 2019 15:00 UTC