The Egyptian Exchange closed this week with losses amounting to EGP 10 billion.

The capital market decreased to EGP 484.9 billion, 2 percent less than the week before.

During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 went down by 2.89 percent to 7,880 points, said a weekly report issued by the Egyptian Exchange, of which MENA received a copy.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) decreased by 3.29 percent to 441 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index decreased by 2.38 percent taking the index to 921 points.