Egypt bourse indexes decline at Monday closing

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all down at the close of trading Monday, reversing its morning upward trend and continuing losses for the third running session, due to share sales by foreign investment institutions and mutual funds.

The market capital lost EGP 700 million, hitting EGP 407.9 billion, after transactions reached EGP 562.4 million.

The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 0.25 percent reaching 8,032.43 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) dropped by 0.68 percent recording 356.22 points.

The overall EGX 100 index declined 0.26 percent reaching 801.22 points.