The Tunis Stock Exchange closed the session on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, lower, after a 1.18% drop the previous day.
The Tunindex falls 1.62%, to 18,349.49 points, and 48 of the 75 main market stocks finish lower, versus 8 higher. The index is now 14.86% below its July 17 peak (TN calculation).
What to remember
Tunindex: 18,349.49 points, −1.62% for the session and +36.43% since January. It sits 14.86% below its July 17 peak.
Continuous market: 39 declines, 5 rises and 3 unchanged.
Thresholds: three Group 11 values end at the −6% threshold, depending on the tick: SIAME and SOTUVER with trades, BH Bank held in reserve for a decline.
Capital: no block transactions. The capital in the central book declined by 13.30% relative to the previous day.
Flows: as the previous day, “T. Libre” is a net seller, while UCITS funds and “Foreign” are net buyers.
Gaps, reckonings and balances: TN calculations.
The session in numbers
The Tunindex ends at 18,349.49 points, down 1.62%, and the Tunindex20 at 8,025.32 points, down 1.55%. Since the start of the year, the two indices have risen by 36.43% and 34.31%, respectively.
The Tunindex is 14.86% below its yearly high of 21,552.73 points, reached on July 17 (TN calculation).
Among the 75 main-market values, 48 finish lower, 8 higher and 9 unchanged. Eight were not traded and two are suspended.
The twelve sector indices published by BVMT retreat. The industrials index records the steepest drop, at −3.13%, followed by household and personal care products at −1.98%, and financial services at −1.94%. Food, beverages and tobacco shows the smallest decline, at −0.70%.
The banks index, which accounts for 57.79% of the Tunindex, falls by 1.63%. Since January, insurance stocks have risen by 50.74%, ahead of financial services at +50.40%. The household and personal care products index is the only one down this year, at −9.58%, and records its annual low at 3,206.08 points.
In the market profile, SIAME, SOTUVER and One Tech Holding are categorized under industrial goods and services. They retreat by −5.99%, −5.98% and −3.01% respectively (TN calculations on the official bulletin).
The market capitalization declines by 1.44%, to 45,477 MD, i.e. 665 MD less than the previous day (TN calculation based on the Physionomies of September 22 and 23). It remains up by 31.18% since January.
All components combined, the session totals 4,832,666 DT of capital. The main market for equity securities accounts for 4,627,905 DT, in 2,123 transactions and 410,959 shares, with no block transactions.
Top/Flop of the continuous market
TN Method: values of the continuous trading compartments A and B, Group 11. The variation is calculated between the closing price and the BVMT official reference price. Values quoted at fixing, suspended or reserved are excluded.
Largest gains relative to the BVMT reference
| Value | Reference | Closing | Variation |
| OfficePlast | 1,340 DT | 1,380 DT | +2,99 % |
| SMART Tunisie | 33,000 DT | 33,500 DT | +1,52 % |
| Assurances Maghrebia | 81,000 DT | 82,000 DT | +1,23 % |
| Assurances Maghrebia Vie | 12,500 DT | 12,600 DT | +0,80 % |
| ICF (1) | 135,070 DT | 136,000 DT | +0,69 % |
(1) Fluorochemical Industries (ICF): the day’s reference, 135,070 DT, is the closing price shown on September 22, a downward reserved price. On that day, all trades were executed at 143,600 DT according to BVMT official bulletin No. 8927. Compared with that price, the close on September 23 is down 5,29% (TN calculation).
As yesterday, these five gains are the only ones recorded on the continuous market.
Largest declines relative to the BVMT reference
Adel Khelifi
