Investors in Egyptian equities have seen the value of some funds fall by almost 40% over the last three years.

The country was one of the first in the Middle East and North Africa to play host to government protests that would eventually spread across the region and become known as the Arab Spring. Demonstrations had remained largely peaceful - former president Hosni Mubarak's government was ousted in 2011 - but violent clashes erupted last week between the country's military and protesters loyal to his recently-ejected successor Mohamed Morsi.