The sharpest contrast on the Egyptian stock exchange today came from Alexandria Mineral Oils Company, which climbed 5.2% to EGP 14.2 even as the EGX 30 index fell 0.80% to 56,174.3 points. That divergence was not random: with Brent crude at $96.87 a barrel, up 0.6% on the day and 1.3% over the week, Egypt’s oil-linked names found macro support that the broader market did not.
Key figures
- EGX 30: 56,174.3 points, down 0.80%
- AMOC: +5.2% to EGP 14.2
- Brent crude: $96.87/bbl, up 0.6% on the day
- USD/EGP: 50.97, up just 0.15%
- CCAP traded EGP 1.11 billion, while rising 3.4%
Market context
Tuesday, 8 September 2026 ended with a defensive tone across the Cairo market, with 12 gainers, 29 losers, and 3 unchanged stocks out of 44 tracked names. That negative breadth matters because it shows the benchmark’s decline was not driven by one isolated heavyweight. Selling pressure was spread across property, healthcare, consumer defensives, and parts of financials.