Riyadh - Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) closed Sunday in the red for the sixth session in a row, hitting the lowest level in a month, dragged by the drop of all sectors.
The benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) levelled down 1%, or 76 points, to finish at 7,327.15 points.
TASI’s liquidity declined to SAR 3.01 billion on Sunday, against SAR 3.62 billion on Thursday, while the trading volume went down to 146.34 million shares from 168.6 million in the previous session.
The pharma sector topped the market’s losers tumbling 2.5%, followed by the energy and the consumer services sectors, which sagged 1.9% and 1.9%, respectively.
Similarly, the banking, materials and telecommunications services sectors inched down 1.1%, 1% and 0.4%, respectively.
Al Inmaa topped the TASI in terms of liquidity with SAR 384.3 million, while Dar Al Arkan led the market in terms of trading volume with 28.5 million shares.
On the other hand, the main index of the Nomu-Parallel Market, NOMU, declined 0.2%, or 7.28 points, to 2,985 points.
By the end of Sunday’s session, NOMU’s trading volume declined to 80.81 shares at a turnover of SAR 1.31 million.
Baazeem’s stock spearheaded the parallel market's losers after declining 6.3%, while Al Samaani’s stock led the bourse’s gainers hiking 23.3%.
Arab Sea's stock led NOMU in terms of trading volume with 34,340 shares, generating SAR 417,550.
