The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes continued its downward trend at the end of Thursday's trading due to intensive sales by Arab and foreign investors. The market capital lost about 35 million pounds to hit about 402.9 billion pounds, amid transactions reaching 316 million pounds. The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 0.34 percent reaching 614.11 points. The broader EGX70 index of the leading small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) dropped by 0.37 percent recording 518.59 points. The overall EGX100 index was down 0.16 percent reaching 866.93 points.