Financials set the pace on the Tunisian market on Monday, August 3, 2026, with the TUNINDEX rising 0.47% to 20,133.2 points and the Financial Services Index gaining 0.90% to 31,131.34. The clearest signal of the session came from banks and leasing names: STB and UBCI both jumped 4.5%, while Attijari Leasing climbed 4.2%, even though the broader market was far from uniformly strong.
Key figures
- TUNINDEX: 20,133.2 (+0.47%)
- Financial Services Index: 31,131.34 (+0.90%)
- STB: 6.48 TND (+4.5%)
- UBCI: 41.8 TND (+4.5%)
- Brent crude: $83.81/bbl (-7.0% day, -7.6% week)
Tunis stock exchange today: gains led by financials, not by the whole market
The headline index gain masked a selective session. Market breadth ended at 29 advancers, 24 decliners and 22 unchanged out of 75 listed stocks, a positive but hardly euphoric picture. The TUNINDEX20 added 0.40% to 8,855.82 points, slightly lagging the broader TUNINDEX, suggesting that the move was not driven only by the largest caps but also by targeted sector pockets, especially leasing and insurance. Sector data confirmed that reading. The strongest groups were , , and . Elsewhere, more cyclical or domestic-demand-sensitive segments posted milder gains: , , and . By contrast, , showing this was not a broad-based risk rally across the Tunisia stock market. That sector hierarchy also fits the wider 2026 picture. Since the start of the year, the , ahead of , and . The itself has gained year-to-date. In other words, financials are outperforming the benchmark by roughly in the case of financial services, pointing to a major re-rating of the sector.