cap stocks were popular with retail investors looking for undervalued shares. "The big caps have gone up like crazy in recent months. So, the investors are fishing for stocks that have been ignored and are likely to go up," the trader said. He said Orascom Projects, Tourism and Development (OPTD) was overlooked last year but investors were hoping it would rise in coming sessions after offering to merge with sister company Orascom Hotel Holdings (OHH). OPTD last traded up 0.48 pounds, or 3.3 percent, at 14.97 pounds. ($1=5.97 Egyptian pounds) --SP 1833 Local Time 1533 GMT
