Yields on the 182-day bill dropped to 18.434 percent from 19.110 percent at the last sale. Yields on the 357-day bill fell to 17.868 percent from 18.709 percent.

Total foreign holdings in Egyptian securities stood at 300 billion Egyptian pounds ($17 billion) as of Sept. 19, the head of public debt at the finance ministry, Sami Khallaf told Reuters.