The Egyptian Exchange closed last week with losses amounting to EGP 8.7 billion and its indexes were all down.

The capital market declined to EGP 489.3 billion, 1.7 percent less than the week before.

During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 retreated 1.76 percent down to 8,626 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 3.27 percent to 448 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index followed suit with 2.79 percent taking the index down to 921 points.