The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes went down at the close of Tuesday trading pushed by sales of Egyptian investors and institutions as part of profit-taking operations.

The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 0.32 percent reaching 7,621.91 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) dropped by 0.33 percent recording 369.09 points.

The overall EGX 100 index declined by 0.29 percent reaching 781.42 points.