As in the two previous weeks, the stock market closed the week of August 31 to September 4, 2026 on a negative note. The benchmark index fell by 0.14% to stand at 19,423.28 points, thus recording a year-to-date performance of 44.41%.
The past week was marked by higher trading volume than the previous week, totaling 44.9 million dinars (MD), a level that remains limited compared with the average of the preceding months. Volumes benefited from a block transaction comprising 12,000 AMEN BANK shares at a unit price of 86 dinars (D), for a total amount of 1.03 MD.
Stock performance
STA posted the best performance of the week. The company’s share jumped 10.44% to 110,000 D, having accumulated a turnover of 0.81 MD over the trading week. SOMOCER recorded a remarkable rise. The stock advanced 10.35% to 0.640 D, drawing a weekly volume of only 0.03 MD.
The HL share posted the largest decline of the week. It fell 8.76% to 10.420 D in an almost zero volume. The BTE stock was among the week’s biggest losers, retreating 7.39% to 6.020 D on a volume reduced to only 0.010 MD.
As in the previous week, AMEN BANK was the most sought-after stock during the week, drawing capital of about 8.7 MD, i.e., 19.4% of the total traded volume, notably on the market thanks to block transactions totaling 1.03 MD. The stock rose 0.28% to 91.150 D.
News
ICF – At the end of the first half of 2026, the company posted a profit of 2.6 MD, compared with 13 MD on June 30, 2025. The sharp decline in net income is explained by a substantial drop in revenues, down 38% to 64.4 MD.
The company faced a decline in volumes sold during the first half of 2026, in a context marked by production stoppages that occurred during the early months of the year.
As of June 30, 2026, the operating result stood at a loss of -5.4 MD versus 8 MD in the first half of 2025. The company nevertheless maintained a net profit thanks to investment income, essentially dividends, which reached 8.5 MD as of June 30, 2026 compared to 8.8 MD a year earlier.
WIFAK INTERNATIONAL BANK – According to the interim financial statements, as of June 30, 2026, profit for the first half amounted to 2.2 MD versus 2.1 MD in the same period of the previous year, i.e., a slight increase of 1.6%.
Net banking income for the first half rose by 19% to 59.6 MD against 50 MD in the first half of last year. In terms of margins and related income, a 19% increase in its client operations was recorded, helped by the 18% rise in the Ijara portfolio, the 8% expansion in the Murabaha portfolio, and a 69% increase in Wakala Bel Istithmar operations.
However, the period also saw a 40% rise in the cost of risk, to 11.2 MD. This increase is notably due to allocations to tax provisions and the additional non-performing exposures whose amount doubled compared to the first half of 2025.
SOTETEL – At the end of the first half of 2026, the company posted a profit of 1.9 MD against a loss of 0.3 MD in the first half of the previous year.
It saw its operating result jump from 0.3 to 2.7 MD in the same period while sales generated 36 MD versus 31 MD by June 2025, a growth of 16.5%. Operating costs rose at a slower pace, up 9% to 33.7 MD.
