Mideast Stocks: Saudi gains as lockdown eases; Egyptian blue chips advance – ZAWYA

Mideast Stocks: Saudi gains as lockdown eases; Egyptian blue chips advance – ZAWYA

A Saudi trader monitors stocks at the Saudi stock market in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 8, 2020.. The Saudi Arabia stock market closed higher on Sunday after an easing of the kingdom's coronavirus lockdown while gains in blue-chip companies buoyed the Egyptian bourse.. Saudi Arabia began easing restrictions on movement and travel more than two months after stringent measures were introduced to help to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.. Stock exchange data showed that Egyptian investors were net buyers..