The Egyptian Exchange ended the 20 October 2026 session on a positive note. The EGX30 closed at 52,089.01 points, up 1.94%. 171 stocks rose, 49 fell and 15 were unchanged. Value traded came to 9.18 billion pounds. The session saw 225,114 trades. At midday, 170 stocks were up and 39 were down. Stocks in the Petrochemical sector posted the highest average change (up 5.24%) and those in Healthcare the lowest (down 0.11%). The average is the simple average of each sector's stock changes. KABO posted the largest gain, up 12.85%, and KORA the largest fall, down 17.15%.
The session featured clear stock-by-stock divergence, while the main index closed higher and advancing stocks outnumbered decliners at the close.