Egypt’s banking sector performance on EGX at Tuesday closing

Closed the banking sector on the Egyptian Exchange at the end of trading on Tuesday, 20 January 2026, with an increase in the sector’s market capitalization by 1.29%, reaching EGP 763.73 billion at the close of today’s session, compared to EGP 754.01 billion at the close of last Monday’s session.

The banking sector’s market capitalization represented 25.29% of the total market capitalization today, which is the highest percentage among all sectors listed on the exchange.

The trading value of banking sector shares amounted to EGP 866.77 million, representing 11.52% of the total trading value on the exchange today. A total of 17.81 million shares were traded in the sector, accounting for 0.90% of the total trading volume of the exchange today.

The Egyptian Stock Exchange closed today with the “EGX30” and “EGX100” indices rising, and the “EGX70” index declining, amid a trend of foreign investors to buy, recording a net purchase value of EGP 258.8 million.

The main index “EGX30” rose by 1.90% to reach 46.148 points, while the “EGX70” index decreased by 0.08% to 12,678 points, and the “EGX100” index rose by 0.40% to 17.185 points.