The Egyptian Exchange closed this week with losses amounting to EGP 14.5 billion affected by the Gaza events and Assiut train crash. During the course of this week, the benchmark index EGX 30 retreated 3.94 percent down to 5,439 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) fell 6.88 percent to 481 points. The all-embracing EGX 100 index followed suit with 5.79 percent taking the index down to 807 points