Losses plague Egyptian bourse in October

The Egyptian Exchange lost EGP 22 billion and its indexes were all down in October.
The capital market declined to EGP 504.2 billion compared to EGP 526.2 or 4.2 percent less than September.
During the course of the month, the benchmark index EGX 30 retreated 7.09 percent down to 9,116 points, said a monthly 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) declined 4.3 percent to 610 points.
The all-embracing EGX 100 index followed suit with 4.97 percent taking the index down to 1,110 points.