The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all down at the close of trading Thursday due extensive share sales by local and Arab mutual funds and investment institutions.

The market capital lost about EGP 800 million to hit EGP 415.6 billion after transactions reached EGP 928 million.

The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 0.24 percent reaching 7,781.45 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) dropped by 0.02 percent recording 376.83 points.

The overall EGX 100 index declined 0.09 percent reaching 802.3 points.