the banking sector in the Egyptian Stock Exchange closed in today’s trading session on Thursday, July 9, 2026, recording a decrease in its market capitalization by 8.12%, reaching EGP 893.39 billion at the end of today’s session, compared to 972.36 the previous trading session's closing.

The sector’s market capitalization accounted for 24.17% of the total market capitalization, the highest share among all listed sectors on the exchange.

Trading value on banking sector stocks reached EGP 523.324 million, representing 5.54% of the total trading value on the exchange today. A total of 8.879 million shares were traded in the sector, accounting for 0.33% of the overall trading volume of the market.

The Egyptian Exchange closed at the end of today’s trading session with a broad increase in the main indices, while foreign investors tended toward buying, recording a net purchase value of approximately EGP 258.8 million.

The benchmark EGX30 index increased by 0.54% to close at 52.311 points, while the EGX70 index increased by 1.73% to 16.281 points, and the EGX100 index gained 1.47% to close at 22.067 points.