Financials, not industry or consumer names, set the pace in Tunis on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The TUNINDEX rose 1.38% to 17,542.24 points, while the banking index jumped 2.21% and the financial companies index added 2.08%, in a session where 37 stocks advanced, 14 fell and 24 were unchanged. For anyone tracking the Tunis stock exchange today, the message was clear: the rally remains broad, but leadership is shifting decisively toward rate-sensitive and credit-linked names.
That move came against a macro backdrop that improved materially over the session. Brent crude fell 6.1% on the day to $97.22 a barrel, extending its weekly drop to 7.4%, according to the market data in the brief. For Tunisia, a net energy importer, that matters directly through the import bill, subsidy burden and fiscal arithmetic. At the same time, the U.S. dollar weakened 0.74% to 2.8815 TND, while the euro slipped 0.85% to 3.3505 TND. A firmer dinar against both major currencies eases pressure on imported costs and foreign-currency liabilities, a supportive combination for domestic lenders and other financial stocks.
Market context: TUNINDEX extends a 30.43% year-to-date rally
The May 26 session reinforced just how strong the Tunisia stock market has been in 2026. The TUNINDEX20 gained 1.40% to 7,735.43 points, almost matching the broader market, which suggests the advance was not confined to a handful of small-cap names. Year to date, the TUNINDEX is now up 30.43%, versus 29.46% for the TUNINDEX20, putting Tunis among the region’s strongest-performing exchanges this year.
Market breadth also remained constructive, with 37 gainers, 14 losers and 24 unchanged stocks out of 75 listed names covered in the session data. That distribution matters because it points to a rally with real participation rather than a narrow speculative spike. Cyclical sectors joined in as well: the , the , the , and the . Even , already up , slipped only .