The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) gained EGP 14.4 billion during this week’s three sessions, due to national holidays.

The market capital gained EGP 14.4 billion pounds to end today's transactions at 419.2 billion pounds, compared to EGP 404.8 billion last week.

During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 went up by 6.18 percent to 8,369 points, said a weekly report issued by the Egyptian Exchange, of which MENA received a copy.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) increased by 0.48 percent to 353 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index rose by 1.98 percent taking the index up to 806 points.