Cairo Stock Exchange — ELWA Posts 2025 Results as EGX 30 Slips 0.54% on Weak Breadth
Elwadi For International Investment & Development released its 2025 results in a session where the EGX 30 fell 0.54% and 28 of 44 stocks declined. The filing highlights fragile sentiment toward Egyptian mid-caps as Brent trades at $94.24 and USD/EGP stands at 52.0.
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The clearest signal from the Egyptian stock exchange today did not come from a major bank but from a quieter name: Elwadi For International Investment & Development released its full-year 2025 results on June 8, 2026, just as the EGX 30 index fell 0.54% to 51,882.8. In a session where 28 of 44 stocks declined and the dollar traded at EGP 52.0, the filing mattered less as a headline-grabbing earnings beat or miss and more as a test of sentiment toward Egypt’s investment mid-caps, a segment especially exposed to liquidity conditions and the cost of capital.
Trading on Monday, June 8, 2026 reinforced the picture of a highly selective Egyptian market, where broad weakness coexisted with isolated pockets of resilience. The EGX 30 index closed at 51,882.8, down , while breadth stayed negative at , , and . That is not the profile of indiscriminate selling; it is the profile of a market demanding higher proof from corporate stories before rewarding them.
Turnover remained concentrated in a handful of liquid names. QALA For Financial Investments (CCAP) traded EGP 938.45 million, followed by Commercial International Bank at EGP 721.13 million and Fawry at EGP 369.43 million. That concentration matters because it shows that even on a day packed with company disclosures, liquidity in the Cairo stock market still gravitates toward established names rather than spreading evenly across the mid-cap universe.
Macro conditions help explain that caution. Brent crude at $94.24 a barrel, up 1.2% on the day despite being down 3.6% on the week, revives concerns about Egypt’s energy bill and imported inflation. At the same time, USD/EGP at 52.0, up 0.42%, remains the dominant lens through which local equity performance must be read. Since Egypt’s multiple devaluations between 2022 and 2024, local-currency gains have needed to be assessed against FX erosion, especially for foreign investors measuring returns in dollars.
ELWA’s 2025 results: why the filing matters beyond one company
The key earnings event tied to today’s editorial brief was the release of full-year results for Elwadi For International Investment & Development (ELWA.CA) for the year ended 31/12/2025, alongside board decisions, according to official EGX disclosures. The data provided here do not include the detailed income statement, balance sheet, or cash flow figures, so it would be misleading to infer margin trends, net profit growth, or leverage metrics that have not been disclosed in this dataset. That limitation is important: when hard numbers are missing, the right analysis is about market meaning, not invented precision.
So why does ELWA matter? Because investment and development companies often function as sentiment gauges for domestic risk appetite. When the market is willing to re-rate such names, it usually signals greater tolerance for illiquidity, asset complexity, and longer-duration earnings stories. When the benchmark index is down 0.54% and losers outnumber gainers by exactly 2 to 1, the release of ELWA’s 2025 results lands in a market where the risk premium on mid-caps remains elevated.
The macro link is direct. A USD/EGP rate of 52.0 raises the local-currency cost of imported inputs, complicates the valuation of foreign-currency-linked assets, and increases the discount rate applied to future cash flows. For an investment company, that can affect portfolio valuations, development economics, and refinancing flexibility. Add Brent near $94, and the inflation channel becomes harder to ignore, especially if higher energy costs feed into operating expenses and keep monetary conditions tighter for longer. In that environment, ELWA’s results are likely to be judged less on one headline earnings line and more on balance-sheet quality, cash generation, and asset visibility.
That does not mean the market has abandoned mid-caps altogether. General Company for Ceramic & Porcelain (PRCL) rose 5.7% to EGP 26.2, the best performance of the session, showing that secondary names can still attract buyers when valuation support or a company-specific catalyst emerges. But dispersion remains high, which is the hallmark of a stock-picker’s market rather than a broad-based rally across Egyptian equities.
Other disclosures: earnings, dividends, and board decisions
The June 8, 2026 session was busy on the disclosure front, with 20 official announcements. Among them, Engineering Industries (ICON) (ENGC.CA) reported consolidated Q1 2026 results, while Egyptian Arabian (Themar) Company for Securities & Bonds Brokerage (EASB.CA) released financial statements for the period from 01/01/2026 to 31/03/2026, according to EGX notices. Without the detailed figures in the current feed, it is not possible to rank the magnitude of earnings surprises, but the volume of filings confirms that reporting season is still shaping day-to-day trading.
On shareholder returns, Misr Beni Suef Cement (MBSC.CA) declared a cash distribution and published AGM minutes, according to official disclosures. In a market where the cost of capital remains high, cash-paying companies retain a valuation advantage, particularly when inflation and FX volatility continue to compete with equity returns. That is one reason defensive names such as Eastern Company, up 2.5% to EGP 39.85, can still outperform even on a negative index day.
Other announcements focused on governance and operations. T M G Holding disclosed the signing of an MoU, Heliopolis Housing (HELI.CA) published board decisions, and Fawry issued a clarification regarding circulated news, according to the exchange. For broader context on how liquidity has recently clustered in a few names, readers can revisit our earlier piece, QALA s'envole de 6,3% sur 1,35 Md EGP malgré un EGX 30 en repli de 0,93%, which showed the same pattern of narrow participation beneath the headline index.
Winners, losers, and sector signals
On the upside, PRCL led with a 5.7% gain, followed by Juhayna Food Industries at +2.7% and Eastern Company at +2.5%. Juhayna’s place among the gainers is notable: in a weak-currency environment, consumer companies that can defend volumes or pass through part of their cost inflation often trade better than more cyclical names.
On the downside, losses hit a mix of growth names and heavyweights:
The decline in CIB, still the bellwether of the Egyptian market, mattered disproportionately for index direction. When the country’s leading private-sector bank drops 1.7% on a day with already weak breadth, it reinforces caution across financials and suggests that corporate disclosures alone are not enough to offset macro pressure.
