EGX Stock Loans in Egypt

Egyptian Exchange is the principal cash-equity venue of Egypt. Founded in 1883, it operates under the oversight of Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), and its leading benchmarks are EGX 30, EGX 70. Listing standards are set out in the EGX Listing Rules; Capital Market Law No. 95 of 1992.

EGX at a glance:

Among the oldest exchanges in the Middle East and Africa, with origins in the 1880s. The principal North African venue, with active large-cap banking and industrial liquidity.

On EGX specifically, eligibility turns on where the name sits in the market’s liquidity. EGX 30 constituents — the large-cap banks, real-estate and industrial names that carry most of the exchange’s turnover — support the highest loan-to-value; EGX 70 mid-caps are financed more selectively and NILEX small-caps case by case. It is a useful marker that Egypt’s securities lending-and-borrowing activity concentrates on the most liquid, index-eligible large-caps and ETFs, so the market itself treats that top tier as its financeable core. Many of the largest names also trade as GDRs in London, which adds a reference price and a cross-border settlement route worth weighing on a facility.

The principal regulatory reference on EGX is Disclosure of major holdings under the Capital Market Law No. 95 of 1992 and its Executive Regulations. How it applies to any single transaction — reporting levels, step thresholds — turns on the underlying rules and national-law overlays, which we map against your contemplated transaction at the structuring stage alongside the counsel you appoint.

The citations above are public regulatory references, given for orientation only and not as legal advice. Take independent legal advice in the relevant jurisdiction for any specific transaction.

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