The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all down at the close of trading Monday due extensive share sales by local and Arab investment funds and investment institutions.

The market capital lost about EGP 2.7 billion to hit EGP 400.3 billion after transactions reached EGP 765.5 million.

The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 0.83 percent reaching 7,342.46 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) dropped by 0.41 percent recording 361.23 points.

The overall EGX 100 index declined 0.53 percent reaching 772.8 points.