The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all down at the close of Wednesday's trading backed by intensive share sales by local and foreign investment institutions and funds.

The market capital lost about 3.1 billion pounds to stand at 416.4 billion pounds.

The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 0.82 percent reaching 7,799.86 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) declined by 1.31 percent recording 376.90 points.

The overall EGX 100 index decreased by 1.17 percent reaching 803.02 points.