The Egyptian stock exchange compensated partly, on Thursday, its recent losses, supported by purchases from Arab, Egyptian and foreign associations, Al-Bawaba News reported. Chinese Yuan witnessed an abrupt currency devaluation in mid-August that has overshadowed global stock markets and threatened of a broader financial crisis, until China's central bank decisively adopted immediate emergency measures to head off a currency war. The market capital gained EGP12.9bn to reach a total of EGP437.7bn amid transaction processes estimated at EGP600m. The benchmark index EGX30 added a slight 0.52 percent to reach 9830.46 points while the small and mid-cap EGX70 rose by 0.77 percent to record 578.39 points. The broader EGX100 index reached 1145.3 points for an estimated 0.56 percent rise.