Fifty-one brokerage companies have been granted licenses to offer short-selling in Egypt's bourse, a senior official at the country's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) said.
The official told Reuters that the companies were granted licences to offer the mechanism on Cairo's bourse.
The statements come one day after the FRA said it will give a green light on short-selling on 1 December, a move officials hope will increase liquidity.
Egypt's stock exchange has around 128 brokerage companies.
MARKET STATUS: CLOSED
| ROWAD TOURISM (AL ROWAD) | 36.57 | +4.85% | 18/04 |
| EGYPTIAN REAL ESTATE GROUP | 1.02 | +4.08% | 18/04 |
| SHARM DREAMS CO. FOR TOURISM INVESTMENT | 16.34 | +3.55% | 18/04 |
| CLEOPATRA HOSPITAL | 6.70 | +3.08% | 18/04 |
| EGYPTIAN KUWAITI HOLDING | 0.88 | +1.15% | 18/04 |
| TRANSOCEANS TOURS | 0.03 | -25.00% | 18/04 |
| DEVELOPMENT & ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS | 69.65 | -11.05% | 18/04 |
| SINAI CEMENT | 11.13 | -10.53% | 18/04 |
| EL AHLI INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT | 25.66 | -9.93% | 18/04 |
| EGYPTIAN TRANSPORT (EGYTRANS) | 3.61 | -9.30% | 18/04 |
| ARABIA INVESTMENTS,DEVELOPMENT,FIN. INV. HOLDING CO. | 0.67 | 142,142,781 | 18/04 |
| CITADEL CAPITAL | 3.31 | 119,955,760 | 18/04 |
| ORASCOM INVESTMENT HOLDING | 0.42 | 106,446,183 | 18/04 |
| PALM HILLS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY | 3.86 | 74,388,334 | 18/04 |
| ORASCOM FINANCIAL HOLDINGS | 0.37 | 72,788,384 | 18/04 |
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 | ZSE ASI | 95.99 | -0.99% | 19/04 |
