The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all down at the close of trading Thursday due to share sales by local individuals and foreign mutual funds and investment institutions.

The market capital lost about EGP 3.3 billion to hit EGP 401.9 billion after transactions reached EGP 576.9 million.

The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 1.8 percent reaching 7,499.49 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) dropped by 0.31 percent recording 366.13 points.

The overall EGX 100 index declined 0.64 percent reaching 771.85 points.