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STOCKS NEWS MIDEAST-Investment jitters prompt Egypt profit-taking
1324 GMT - Egypt's benchmark index is dragged down for a second
session by worries about the safety of investment in Egypt after
an Egyptian court ruled this week to declare London-listed
Centamin's gold mine deal invalid.
The index closes 1.3 percent lower at 5,696 points,
but still hovering in a broad range between about 5,600 and
6,000 that has held since mid-September.
"Everyone is really worried about what is happening to
investment in Egypt in general," says Ashraf Akhnoukh at CIBC
brokerage. He says many investors see the Centamin news as a
prompt to book profits.