The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) shut on Wednesday's session collectively down.

The main market capital lost about 2.3 billion pounds to hit 495 billion pounds, after transactions reached 1.3 billion pounds.

The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 0.83 percent reaching 8,114.08 points.

The broader EGX70 index of the leading small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) dropped by 1.57 percent recording 456.24 points.

The overall EGX100 index was down 0.48 percent reaching 943.86 points.