Egypt’s banking sector performance on EGX at Thursday closing

Closed the banking sector on the Egyptian Exchange at the end of trading on thursday 12 March 2026, with an decrease in the sector’s market capitalization by 1.88%, reaching EGP 751.45 billion at the close of today’s session, compared to EGP 765.87 billion at the close of last wednesday’s session.

The banking sector’s market capitalization represented 23.71% 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 614.34 million, representing 8.60% of the total trading value on the exchange today. A total of 8.67 million shares were traded in the sector, accounting for 0.57% of the total trading volume of the exchange today.

The Egyptian Exchange closed today’s session on a collective decline in its indexes amid a trend of foreign investors toward net buying of EGP 258.8 million.

The main index “EGX30” decreased by 0.86% to 46.790 points, and “EGX70” fell by 0.53% to 12.771 points, and “EGX100” fell by 0.42% to 17.787 points.