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Tunisia’s Tunindex gains 0.27% to close at 18,606.50 points

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The Tunindex, the main index of the Tunis Stock Exchange, gained 0.27% on Tuesday 20 October 2026 to close at 18,606.50 points, with 5.9 million dinars traded. MPBS also reported a 17.3% increase in cumulative revenue at the end of September compared with the same period in 2025, Tunisia Online News reports.

The Tunindex, the main index of the Tunis Stock Exchange, rose 0.27% on Tuesday 20 October to close at 18,606.50 points. Trading reached 5.9 million dinars, with no block transactions, reports Tunisia Online News.

LNDOR shares posted the session’s biggest gain, rising 5.97% to 14.730 dinars. By contrast, SOKNA fell 5.96% to 4.730 dinars, with only 10,000 dinars traded. Amen Bank was the most active stock: its shares gained 1.58% to 88.600 dinars, with around 718,000 dinars in transactions.

Meanwhile, MPBS reported cumulative revenue of 86.325 million dinars at the end of September 2026, up 17.3% year on year. Its domestic market sales rose 21.3% in the first nine months of the year. In the third quarter, they increased 6.8% compared with the same period in 2025, while export revenue reached 2.557 million dinars, up 33.7%.

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