The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices continued varied performance at the close of trading on Wednesday amid purchase operations by Arab and foreign institutions.

The market capital gains about 3.8 billion pounds to reach 404.2 billion pounds, amid transactions which hit 547.2 million pounds. 

The EGX 30 benchmark index leapfrogged by 1.19 percent to reach 7,572.39 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index rose by about 0.41 percent to 787.04 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) dropped by about 0.22 percent to reach 372.99 points.