Bourse indexes show mixed performance

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

The market capital gained about 800 million pounds to reach 405.2 billion pounds, after transactions hit about 541 million pounds. 

The EGX 30 benchmark index went up by 1.01% to close at 7,639.59 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) went down by 0.75% to 371.36 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index decreased by 0.18% to close at 787.24 points.