The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of Wednesday's trading amid purchase operations from foreign investors. 

The market capital gained about EGP 2.1 billion to reach 601.2 billion pounds, after transactions hit EGP 1.1 billion.

The EGX 30 benchmark index increased by 0.64 percent to close at 12,259.93 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) decreased by 0.35 percent to hit 464.45 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index also decreased by 0.46 percent to reach 1,094.61 points