The sharpest signal from trading on Monday, September 14, 2026 in Cairo was not the index decline itself, but the ability of Speed Medical to break away from it. The stock surged 20.9% to EGP 0.52, with EGP 161.1 million in turnover, after the company disclosed board meeting decisions, even as the EGX 30 index fell 1.56% to 54,796.6.
That divergence says a lot about the Egyptian stock exchange today: a market under macro pressure, but still capable of producing sharp single-stock moves when a company-specific catalyst appears. Market breadth was decisively negative, with just 6 gainers, against 37 decliners and 1 unchanged stock across the 44 names tracked.
Key figures
- EGX 30: 54,796.6, down 1.56%
- Speed Medical: +20.9% at EGP 0.52
- Market breadth: 6 up / 37 down / 1 unchanged
- USD/EGP: 51.8, up 0.92%
- Brent crude: $105.8/barrel, up 1.1% on the day and 4.5% on the week