Banks Are closed in Egypt Since 14/8/2013

Received departments of banks operating in Egypt clear instructions from the central bank confirms that the closed doors of the banks on Thursday to re-evaluate the situation next Sunday, also received a publication of the Central banks at the half-second it emphasizes the need to comply with the instructions so special.

In a related development, said Mohammad Omran, Chairman of the Egyptian Stock Exchange, said he decided to close the stock exchange and banks on Thursday.

The bourse has lost a loss of about 5.2 billion pounds in the middle of the trading day, while the benchmark index, which measures the performance of the 30 most active companies by 1.7%, having reached the level of 5548.9 points.