The banking sector in theEgyptian Stock Exchange closed in todays trading session on Sunday, July 19, 2026,

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Egypt’s banking sector performance on EGX at Sunday

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The banking sector in the Egyptian Stock Exchange closed in today’s trading session on Sunday, July 19, 2026, recording a decrease in its market capitalization by 0.99%, reaching EGP 889.266 billion at the end of today’s session, compared to 898.136 the previous trading session's closing.

 

The sector’s market capitalization accounted for 23.84% of the total market capitalization, the highest share among all listed sectors on the exchange.

 

Trading value on banking sector stocks reached EGP 418.302 million, representing 3.96% of the total trading value on the exchange today. A total of 7.412 million shares were traded in the sector, accounting for 0.23% of the overall trading volume of the market.

 

The Egyptian Exchange closed at the end of today’s trading session with a decrease in the main index EGX30, while the EGX70 and EGX100 indices rose, This came amid foreign investors’ tendency toward buying, recording a net purchase value of approximately EGP 258.8 million.

 

The benchmark EGX30 index declined by 0.70% to close at 52.560 points, while the EGX70 index increased by 1.25% to 17.263 points, and the EGX100 index gained 0.85% to close at 23.081 points.