The Egyptian Exchange closed this week with losses amounting to EGP 3.5 billion with all indexes going down by the end of the week's trading.

During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 went down by 2.46 percent to reach 5,173 points, said a weekly report issued by the Egyptian Exchange.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SMEs) was down by 2.29 percent to record 344 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index decreased by 0.37 percent taking the index to 692 points.

The EGX 20 index dropped by 1.05 percent to hit 5,715 points.