CAIRO- Egypt's core inflation fell to 33.26 percent year-on-year in September from 34.86 percent in August, the central bank said on Tuesday.

Egypt hiked fuel prices in late June by up to 50 percent to help meet the terms of a $12-billion International Monetary Fund loan agreement.

(Writing by Amina Ismail; editing by Patrick Markey) ((amina.ismail@thomsonreuters.com; +20 2 2394 8114;))