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
| North Cairo Flour Mills | 67.98 | +20.00% | 07/08 |
| South Cairo and Giza Mills and Bakeries | 92.32 | +19.99% | 07/08 |
| Nasr Company For Civil Works | 7.77 | +10.21% | 07/08 |
| Middle Egypt Flour Mills | 70.49 | +9.03% | 07/08 |
| Al Tawfeek Leasing Company - A.T.Lease | 4.43 | +8.85% | 07/08 |
| Egyptian Financial & Industrial | 190.60 | -25.41% | 07/08 |
| Alexandria National Company For Financial Investments | 46.57 | -6.17% | 07/08 |
| Golden Textiles & Clothes Wool | 38.54 | -5.42% | 07/08 |
| Egypt Free Shops | 31.12 | -5.38% | 07/08 |
| Copper For Commercial Investment & Real Estate Development | 0.92 | -4.17% | 07/08 |
| Orascom Investment Holding | 1.19 | 295,745,146 | 07/08 |
| Cairo Oils & Soap | 0.34 | 237,351,542 | 07/08 |
| Orascom Financial Holdings | 0.71 | 130,173,093 | 07/08 |
| Universal Company for Packaging Materials and Paper | 0.92 | 75,784,166 | 07/08 |
| Beltone Financial Holding | 3.10 | 69,615,485 | 07/08 |
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