The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were up at the close of Tuesday's trading backed by purchase operations by institutions as well as Arab and foreign investment funds.

The market capital gained about EGP 800 million to reach 406 billion pounds, after transactions hit EGP 2.3 billion.

The EGX 30 benchmark index soared by 0.4 percent to close at 8,261.14 points.

The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) slightly increased by 0.08 percent to hit 333.33 points.

The all-embracing EGX 100 index also rose by 0.34 percent to reach 793.23 points