Cairo: Resumption of business at the stock exchange was postponed for 24 hours, as the government attempted to sell $2.5bn (£1.55bn) in short-term debt, after the cancellation of auctions last week. It is seeking to revive an economy said to be losing at least $310m a day.
Attempts to normalise the situation in Egypt have to face setback when the protesters at Tahrir Square resovled that they would leave only when Hosni Mubarak steps down.
On Monday, Crowds of protesters on Tahrir Square formed a human chain around the Mugamma – where people go to get official paperwork processed – to prevent it from opening as normal.
A report says the protesters were in a face-off with some soldiers, but as the army has been instructed not to use force, the situation was in deadlock.
While banks have reopened, schools and the stock exhange remain closed, and an important government building has been prevented from opening by protesters.
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