The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all down in midday trading pushed by share sales by local and Arab institutions and investment funds.

The market capital lost about EGP 2.9 billion to hit EGP 472.4 billion.

The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 1.15 percent reaching 7602.93 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) dropped by 0.79 percent recording 414.33 points.

The overall EGX 100 index declined 0.9 percent reaching 869.59 points.