Market Landscape
The stock market closed the session on a negative note. The benchmark index showed on Thursday, August 27, 2026 a decline of 0.26% to 19,481.18 points, in a volume of 3.9 million dinars (MD) and this, in the absence of any block transaction.
Stock Performance
The STPIL share posted the best performance of the session. It registered a rise of 5.97% to 32,330 dinars (D), in a modest turnover of 14 thousand dinars. With almost no capital inflows during the session, the AST stock advanced 4.50% to 77.410 D.
The AL stock found itself at the bottom of the TUNINDEX. Mobilizing a reduced trading flow of 4 thousand dinars, the share dropped 4.50% to 211.160 D. The SOMOC stock did not perform well on the day, declining 3.28% to 0.590 D. The stock only attracted a capital flow of 3 thousand dinars during the day.
AB was the most actively traded stock of the session. The share rose by 0.01% to 90.700 D, fueling the market with about 2.0 MD in capital.
News
ESSOUKNA – At the end of the first half of 2026, the company maintained its profit essentially stable at 0.344 MD versus 0.345 MD in the first half of the previous year.
It recorded an operating result of 1.8 MD, down 20% compared with June 2025. Net financial charges fell from 1.8 to 1.6 MD over the same period, while investment income, mainly dividends, rose to 128 thousand dinars compared with only 18.2 thousand dinars in June 2025.
The company generated a semi-annual turnover of 8.1 MD versus 12.5 MD in the first half of 2025. Operating expenses also fell sharply, moving from 10.2 to 6.3 MD, the first half of 2025 having borne a charge of 2.9 MD for land purchases.
