Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) finished Tuesday’s trading session with positive performance after its main Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) rose 12.2 points, or 0.14%, to close at 8,678.88 points.
TASI’s liquidity climbed to SAR 3.03 billion ($809 million) on Tuesday from SAR 2.76 billion ($736.8 million) in the previous session, while the market’s traded volume increased to 130.8 million shares, compared to 127.64 million on Monday.
The consumer services sector topped gainers and advanced 5%, whereas the insurance sector led decliners with 1.6%.
Al Tayyar Travel Group’s stock headed risers and hiked 9.98% after announcing the sale of its stake in Careem, while the stock of Wataniya Insurance led fallers and retreated 5% after reporting significant profit decline in 2018.
The joint index between Tadawul and MSCI, MT30 index, inched up 1.45 point, or 0.11%, to finish the mid-week session at 1,283.18 points.
Similarly, NOMU, the main index of the Nomu secondary market, grew 93.6 points, or 2.64%, to close at 3,634.53 points.
Development Works Food’s stock was Nomu’s best performer with 10%, while Raydan’s stock was Nomu’s worst performer after falling 0.8%.
In the meantime, the Nomu Capped Index (NomuC) rose 53.04 points, or 1.47%, to finish at 3,657.96 points.
