The Egyptian Exchange closed down this week with losses amounting to EGP 10 billion and its indexes were all down.

The capital market declined to EGP 474 billion.

During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 retreated 8.39 percent down to 7,617 points, said a weekly 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 6.04 percent to 416 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index followed suit with 6.65 percent taking the index down to 874 points.