Monday, August 6, 2007

Egypt shares down on negative sentiment, profit taking

(Reuters) - Egypt's main stock indexes edged down on Monday, with a global downturn in equities leaving foreign investors wary of Egypt and retail investors reaping profits in the real estate and banking sectors, traders said.

"Foreign institutions are waiting till the bottom, and then they'll enter, and that's because of what's been happening in the U.S... right now it's not at that bottom," said Teymour el-Draini of Beltone Financial.


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