The main Saudi stock index closed today, rising 41.79 points to close at 11889.84 points, with trading valued at 6.1 billion riyals.
According to the daily economic bulletin of the Saudi Press Agency for the Saudi Stock Exchange, the volume of shares traded reached 178 million shares, distributed across more than 270,000 transactions, in which the shares of 103 companies recorded an increase in their value, while the shares of 83 companies closed lower.
The shares of Amiantit, Saudi Electricity, Saudi Pipes, Saudi Ceramics and Amlak were the highest gainers, while the shares of Maaden, Tasnee, Makkah, SAICO and Extra were the lowest losers in trading, with the percentages of increase and decrease ranging between 4.44% and 3.80%.
The most actively traded stocks by volume were Saudi Kayan, Tasnee, Amlak, Saudi Electricity, and Alinma, while the most actively traded stocks by value were Saudi Kayan, Tasnee, Al Rajhi, Amlak, and Sipchem Global.
The Saudi parallel stock index (Nomu) closed today up 547.08 points, to close at a level of 23865.06 points, with trading valued at 24 million riyals, and the volume of traded shares amounted to more than 210,000 shares distributed across 1293 deals.
