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 17 March 2026, with an increase in the sector’s market capitalization by 1.72%, reaching EGP 741.07 billion at the close of today’s session, compared to EGP 728.57 billion at the close of last Monday’s session.

The banking sector’s market capitalization represented 23.73% 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 603.42 million, representing 12.16% of the total trading value on the exchange today. A total of 8.6 million shares were traded in the sector, accounting for 0.84% of the total trading volume of the exchange today.

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

The main index “EGX30” increased by 1.92% to 46.054 points, and “EGX70” rose by 1% to 12.511 points, and “EGX100” rose by 1.09% to 17.488 points.