The clearest message from the Tunis stock exchange today came from one number: while the TUNINDEX slipped 0.09% to 18,686.5 points on Monday, October 5, 2026, the Financial Services Index rose 0.65% to 28,798.79 points, confirming that financial stocks remain the market’s main shock absorber. That resilience also showed up in insurance, where the Insurance Index added 0.20%, and in banks, whose sector index edged up 0.14%.
That matters because the broader tape was not strong. Market breadth ended at 23 gainers, 28 losers and 24 unchanged out of 75 listed stocks, while the TUNINDEX20 fell 0.19% to 8,183.06 points. In other words, Tunisia’s equity market was mildly negative on the surface, but beneath that headline there was a clear defensive rotation into banks, insurers and leasing names. In the structure of the Tunisia stock market, that pattern is familiar: when industrial and import-sensitive names come under pressure, domestic financials often attract flows because their earnings are seen as more recurring in the short term.
Key figures
- TUNINDEX: 18,686.5 (-0.09%)
- Financial Services Index: 28,798.79 (+0.65%)
- Insurance Index: 30,171.76 (+0.20%)
- Banking Index: 13,988.12 (+0.14%)
- HANNIBAL LEASE: 10.45 TND (+4.5%)