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

The market capital lost about EGP 5.7 billion to hit EGP 468.5 billion after transactions surpassed EGP one billion.

The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 0.42 percent reaching 7,594.05 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) dropped by 0.02 percent recording 428.51 points.

The overall EGX 100 index declined 0.62 percent reaching 895.4 points.