Egypt's benchmark index EGX30 edged down 0.71 percent to 7,563 points on Sunday, one day before the start of the holy month of Ramadan.

Egypt's EFG Hermes has received approval from Lebanon's central bank to sell a 40 percent stake in Credit Libanais, the company said on Sunday.

Ordinary shares of Cleopatra Hospital Company S.A.E. (stock code: CLHO) began trading on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) on Thursday, opening at EGP 9 per share, according to a press statement.

Beltone Financial Holding (BTFH.CA), a leading Egypt-based investment bank announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire 51% of Auerbach Grayson & Company, LLC, a New York based brokerage firm specializing in global trade execution and exclusive in-depth research on developed, frontier and emerging markets for U.S. institutional investors.