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 24 March 2026, with an decrease in the sector’s market capitalization by 2.56%, reaching EGP 758.76 billion at the close of today’s session, compared to EGP 778.70 billion at the close of last day’s session.

The banking sector’s market capitalization represented 23.90% 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 1.246 billion, representing 16.23% of the total trading value on the exchange today. A total of 12.22 million shares were traded in the sector, accounting for 0.52% of the total trading volume of the exchange today.

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) closed today’s trading session with the main benchmark index “EGX30” edging down, while both the “EGX70” and “EGX100” indices increased, amid net foreign purchases amounting to EGP 258.8 million.

The main index “EGX30” decreased by 1.43% to 46.930 points, and “EGX70” increased by 1.08% to 12.765 points, and “EGX100” rose by 0.82% to 17.811 points.