Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) finished Tuesday’s trading session in the green after its benchmark jumped 103.28 points, or 1.21%, to 8,623.92 points.
TASI’s trading volume stood at 130.63 million shares, up from 108.3 million on Monday, while liquidity grew to SAR 3.02 billion ($806.13 million), from SAR 2.56 billion ($682.93 million).
The banking sector was the best performer with 1.57%, followed by the materials and telecommunication services sectors with 1.07% and 0.26%, respectively.
On the flipside, the food and staples retailing sector shed 0.46%, while the media and entertainment sector levelled down 0.4%.
Eastern Province Cement Co.’s stock topped TASI’s risers with 8.2%, followed by Arabian Cement’s stock with 7.08%.
On the flipside, the stocks of Saudi Amiantit Group and Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SSP) were the worst performers with 2.37% and 1.92%, respectively.
Al Rajhi Bank’s stock generated the highest liquidity with SAR 365.87 million, while Alinma Bank’s stock topped the main market in terms of trading volume with 7.95 million shares.
In the meantime, the main index of the Nomu secondary market, NOMU, went up 7.54 points, or 0.24%, to close the mid-week session at 3,168.08 points.
Al Omran Industrial and Trading Company’s stock led Nomu’s gainers with 5.26%, while the stock of Al-Samaani Factory for Metal Industries was the worst performer after edging down 0.22%.
The newly-launched MT30 index, the joint index between MSCI and Tadawul jumped 17.67 points, or 1.41%, to end at 1,271.94 points.
