EGX Posts Strong Year as State IPOs Set to Support 2026

Egypt’s stock market closed 2025 on a strong note, delivering one of its best performances in decades, with sharp gains across major indices, rising market capitalization, and improved corporate profitability, despite a limited number of new listings, particularly from state-owned companies.

Market analysts expect the positive momentum to carry into 2026, supported by renewed government plans to relaunch state IPOs, growing interest from regional investment funds, and continued macroeconomic stability.

The benchmark EGX30 index surged nearly 40% in 2025, surpassing 41,000 points for the first time in its history, compared with around 30,000 points at the start of the year. Meanwhile, the EGX70 jumped 61%, while the broader EGX100 gained 55%.

Market capitalization rose sharply to 2.97 trillion Egyptian pounds by the close of trading on December 30, 2025, up from 2.19 trillion pounds in the first trading session of the year, according to Egyptian Exchange data.

“2025 was a year of harvest for the Egyptian Exchange,” said Rania Yacoub, Chairwoman of Thruway Securities. “Returns were among the highest seen in decades, whether at the index level or across individual stocks.”