Bourse indexes show varied performance

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed varied performance at close of trading on Monday amid purchase operations by institutions and foreign investment funds and selling operations by local and Arab investors.

The market capital gained about 1.2 billion pounds to close at 415.9 billion pounds amid transactions which hit about 447.4 million pounds.

The main benchmark EGX 30 index increased by 0.36 percent to hit 8,270.76 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) went up by 0.25 percent to 357.58 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index also rose by 0.17 percent to reach 818.21 points.