VOL. XL

No. 25

23-June-1997

EGYPT

Egypt To Be Included In IFC Investable Index

The Advisory Committee for the International Finance Corporation's (IFC)Database has voted to include Egypt in its select Investable Index on 3 November 1997,according to Cairo-based brokerage house EFG-Hermes. The companies to be included have notbeen decided yet nor has Egypt's exact weighting, although this is expected to be around0.6%. Egypt has been awaiting inclusion in the IFC Investable Index since its...