Egyptian fertiliser business MOPCO seeks Cairo listing

Egypt's state-owned Misr Fertilizers Production Company (MOPCO) has applied for a listing on the Cairo stock exchange with capital of 2.3 billion Egyptian pounds ($302 million), a bourse statement said on Thursday. The listing is part of a flurry of initial public offerings, mergers and rights issues that have boosted activity on the EGX, which had struggled to win investor confidence during four years of political and economic turmoil since the Arab Spring uprising. Egypt held a conference