Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) started Tuesday’s trades in the green, for the sixth session in a row, backed by the growth of most of its shares.
The benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) levelled up 19.36 points, or 0.25%, to 7,800.2 points.
By 10:40 am Saudi time, TASI’s trading volume saw 53.1 million shares change hands through 29,580 transactions, with a turnover of SAR 1.2 billion.
The health care, banks, and telecommunication services sectors rose 1.6%, 0.71% and 0.53%, respectively.
Meanwhile, the insurance sector topped the market’s losers falling 1.35%, followed by the materials sector with 0.23%.
Meanwhile, NOMU, the main index of the Nomu-Parallel Market, inched down 1.28 points, or 0.04%, to 3,111.97 points.
Al Kathiri’s stock topped NOMU's decliners falling 4.11% to SAR 24.74.