The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices were slightly up at the close of Sunday's trading due to the resignation of the Egyptian government Saturday.

The market capital achieved gains worth about 1.8 billion pounds to reach 442.8 billion pounds, after transactions hit about 231 million pounds.

The EGX 30 benchmark index leapfrogged by 0.61 percent to close at 7,082 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) rose by 1.34 percent to 387.22 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index also increased by 0.7 percent to close at 828.64 points.