Introduction
The Egyptian Exchange ended the March 26, 2026 session on a weaker note, with the EGX30 falling 1.04% to 47,001.90 points. Market breadth pointed to broad selling pressure, as declining stocks significantly outnumbered advancers, while total turnover reached EGP 1,987.0 million.
Index Performance, Market Breadth, and Turnover
The EGX30 declined by 1.04% during the session, indicating selling pressure on blue chips or on a meaningful portion of the market. Breadth data reinforced that picture, with 63 advancing stocks مقابل 131 declining stocks, highlighting a session dominated by losses across the board.
This gap between gainers and losers suggests that the decline was not confined to a narrow group of names, but was instead more broadly spread across the market. In terms of liquidity, total traded value came in at EGP 1,987.0 million, a level that reflects ongoing market activity, although it does not by itself alter the fact that declining stocks clearly held the upper hand during the session.
Top Gainers
Despite the broader decline, a number of stocks posted strong gains, led by:
- Nozha International Hospital: +5.48%
- Arabian Cement Company: +5.27%
- Misr National Steel - Ataqa: +5.26%
- Nasr Company for Civil Works: +4.98%
- GMC GROUP FOR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS: +4.85%
This list shows that some stocks managed to move against the broader market trend, which may reflect selective trading interest or liquidity rotating into specific opportunities, although no direct cause can be confirmed based on the available data alone.
Top Losers
On the downside, several stocks posted relatively sharp losses, most notably:
- Al Tawfeek Leasing Company-A.T.LEASE: -9.81%
- Creast Mark For Contracting And Real Estate Development: -7.14%
- Advanced Pharma Packaging: -6.49%
- Osool ESB Securities Brokerage: -6.43%
- Arab Co. for Asset Management And Development: -5.41%
These moves underline the strength of selling pressure in a number of names, especially given the wide gap between gainers and losers across the market as a whole.
Sector Performance
Sector data showed a mixed picture, with a limited number of sectors posting gains while others moved lower.
Advancing sectors
- Energy: +1.64%
- Building Materials: +0.53%
- Banking: +0.25%
- Agriculture: +0.06%
- Insurance: +0.00%
Energy was the strongest-performing sector in the available data, rising 1.64%, followed by Building Materials and Banking. This suggests that pockets of relative strength remained in the market despite the broader decline in the main index.
Declining sectors
- Healthcare: -0.35%
- FinTech: -0.49%
- Consumer: -0.61%
The Consumer sector posted the weakest performance among the listed sectors, followed by FinTech and Healthcare. This sector divergence indicates that the market did not move in a fully uniform direction, but rather showed relative performance rotation across segments.
Top-Rated Stocks by Fouda Score
The Fouda Score list highlighted several relatively strong names, with different accompanying signals:
- Sharm Dreams Co. for Tourism Investment: 85.4/100 — BUY_CONTINUATION
- Al Baraka Bank Egypt: 79.1/100 — WAIT
- Misr Chemical Industries: 79.1/100 — BUY_CONTINUATION
- Housing & Development Bank: 78.6/100 — BUY_CONTINUATION
- Heliopolis Housing: 77.9/100 — BUY_PULLBACK
Sharm Dreams Co. for Tourism Investment ranked highest on this list with a score of 85.4 and a BUY_CONTINUATION signal, placing it at the top of the names screened most favorably by this metric. Misr Chemical Industries and Housing & Development Bank also carried continuation-oriented positive signals, while Heliopolis Housing appeared with a BUY_PULLBACK signal, which by its label suggests monitoring the stock on weakness. Al Baraka Bank Egypt, meanwhile, posted a relatively strong score as well, but with a WAIT signal, indicating a more cautious stance than the other names listed.
Session Takeaway and Conditional Outlook
Overall, the March 26, 2026 session carried a negative tone at both the index and breadth levels, with the EGX30 declining and the number of losing stocks coming in at more than double the number of advancers. At the same time, some stocks and sectors still managed to post gains, suggesting that the market was not entirely devoid of selective opportunities despite the broader pressure.
For the next session, the general tone may depend on whether the market can narrow the gap between advancers and decliners and improve breadth in favor of gainers. If selling pressure persists at a similar pace, the market could remain under pressure, while a broader recovery in participation—especially in sectors that showed relative resilience—may support a more balanced rebound. In all cases, close monitoring of market breadth and liquidity rotation across sectors will remain important for assessing the short-term direction.