A sharp divergence defined the Egyptian stock exchange today: QALA For Financial Investments rose 1.4% to EGP 6.30 while drawing EGP 1.463 billion in turnover, even as the EGX 30 index fell 1.09% to 55,664.8 points on Sunday, September 13, 2026. With just 7 gainers, 36 losers and 1 unchanged stock across 44 tracked names, the session was not about broad risk appetite; it was about highly selective liquidity.
Key figures
- EGX 30: 55,664.8 points, down 1.09%
- QALA (CCAP): +1.4% at EGP 6.30
- QALA turnover: EGP 1.463 billion
- USD/EGP: 51.31, down 0.04% on the day
- Brent crude: $104.61/bbl, up 6.8% on the week
Market context: broad selling, narrow pockets of demand
The Cairo stock market opened the week with a clear risk-off tone. The benchmark EGX 30 lost 1.09%, and market breadth was decisively negative at , showing that weakness extended well beyond a handful of heavyweight names. Yet turnover was far from evenly distributed. , Egypt’s banking bellwether, fell on in traded value. dropped on , lost on , and slipped on .