Tunisia’s equity market closed higher on Monday, April 20, 2026, with the TUNINDEX at 15,798.89 points, up 0.47%, as a heavy batch of first-quarter filings shifted attention back to company fundamentals. Within that earnings flow, BNA Bank and BNA Assurances stood out as the session’s central story, in a market where 37 stocks rose, 22 fell, and 16 were unchanged.
The gain was notable because it came against a more difficult external backdrop for Tunisia. Brent crude jumped 4.8% to $94.67 a barrel on the day, a negative signal for a net energy importer, even as the U.S. dollar weakened 0.64% against the dinar to 2.8645 TND. In other words, currency relief partly offset the oil shock, helping explain why the Tunis market absorbed the move in energy prices without visible damage to the broad index.
Key figures
- TUNINDEX: 15,798.89 (+0.47%)
- TUNINDEX20: 6,997.07 (+0.34%)
- Banking index: 11,310.8 (+0.11%)
- Amen Bank turnover: 1,482,398 TND (+0.2%)
- Monoprix turnover: 15,335,687 TND (+0.7%)
Tunis stock exchange today: earnings keep the TUNINDEX index moving
The broader picture remained constructive for the Tunis stock exchange today. The TUNINDEX20 rose , while year-to-date performance reached for that index and for the TUNINDEX. That YTD gain keeps Tunis among the more resilient African equity markets, despite persistent macro constraints tied to public finances, reform negotiations and energy costs.