The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices showed varied performance at the close of trading on Wednesday amid sale operations by domestic institutions and investment funds and purchase operations by Arab and foreign investors.

The capital market lost about 300 million pounds to stand at EGP 685.3 billion, amid transactions worth about EGP 2.1 billion.

The main benchmark index EGX 30 dropped by 0.22 percent to reach 13,502.12 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) rose by 0.75 percent to register 618.74 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index went down by 0.65 percent taking the index up to 1,451.15 points.