Egypt's bourse shows mixed performance

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance on Wednesday amid purchase operations by Arab and foreign investment institutions and funds and selling operations by foreign investors.

The market capital gained about EGP 1.5 billion to reach EGP 402.8 billion, after transactions hit EGP 859.3 million.

The EGX 30 benchmark index went up 0.52 percent to close at 6,372.64 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) went down by 0.55 percent to hit 353.73 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index decreased by 0.14 percent to close at 730.15 points.