The Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) indices showed varied performance at the close of Thursday's trading amid optimism over the visit of Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz al Saud to Egypt.

The market capital gained about 1.7 billion pounds, after total transactions which hit 862 million pounds.

The main benchmark index EGX 30 edged up by 0.25 percent to reach 7,478.74 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) went down by 0.14 percent to reach 360.63 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index increased by 0.43 percent, taking the index up to 776.87 points.