Building Materials Leads Egyptian Stock Market Sectors With 12.1% Jump

Egypt’s building materials sector topped the stock market’s gainers on Sunday, with its index rising 12.1% during the trading session.

The increase placed the sector first among the market’s sectors by percentage change, according to sector performance indicators for the session.

Iron, steel and cement shares were at the forefront of the advance, putting building materials in the spotlight as the market’s strongest-performing sector.

The figures provided did not detail individual stock movements or identify the factors behind the sector’s sharp rise.