Egypt Exchange (EGXEGX) saw a general upward trend in this week's trading, driven by the purchase transactions of foreign investors and the sales transactions ordered by Egyptian and Arab shareholders. The weekly Capital Market Authority report, issued Friday, said that the market's main EGXEGX 30 Index - measuring the performance of the top 30 active companies listed on the market - was up 1.8 per cent, or 180.42 points, and came to 6,517.94 points. As for the EGXEGX 70 - measuring the performance of the 70 most active shares - it gained 3.6 per cent or 20.38 points, and came to 576.35 points. According to the report, trading value came to 5.5 billion pounds, with 689.774 million shares traded in 210,000 transactions.