Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) ended Tuesday's trading session in decline after its benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) went down 14.54 points, or 0.17%, to 8,294.83 points.
TASI’s traded volume reached 132 million shares on Tuesday, down from 158.52 million shares on Monday, while liquidity fell to SAR 3.4 billion ($911 million), from SAR 3.9 billion ($1.04 billion) in the previous session.
The healthcare equipment and services sector levelled down 0.96%, followed by the telecommunication services sector with 0.82%, while the materials and banking sector fell 0.33%, and 0.17%, respectively.
On the other hand, the media sector jumped 9.23%, while the consumer services sector rose 1.05%.
National Medical Care Company’s stock led losers with 4.78%, whereas the Saudi Research and Marketing Group’s stock was the best performer with 9.95%.
Alinma Bank’s stock, up 1.14%, was the most active in terms of trading volume after 35 million shares were exchanged, generating a turnover of SAR 804.3 million.
In the meantime, the main index of the Nomu-Parallel Marekt, NOMU, increased 9.43 points, or 0.34%, to finish the mid-week session at 2,777.95 points.
Baazeem Trading’s stock rose 3.97%, whereas the stock of Raydan Co edged down 0.79%.
