The Egyptian Exchange closed this week with gains amounting to EGP 17.7 billion.

The capital market rose to EGP 428.7 billion compared with EGP 411 billion last week.

During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 went up 5.6 percent to 8,811 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) jumped 3.36 percent to 351 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index rose 2.83 percent taking the index to 822 points