By Assil bin Talib
Riyadh-Mubasher: Saudi Arabia’ stock exchange climbed as much as 1.25% or 85 points to reach the 7,015 level in Tuesday’s mid-session.
Nearly 125 million shares were exchanged through over 58,000 transactions at a turnover of SAR 2.7 billion.
Wrapping up equities, 152 advanced, spearheaded by Asmak which soared 9.84% to SAR 16.85. Meanwhile, 10 stocks declined, led by Saudi Telecom which fell 0.79% to SAR 66.75.
Alinma Bank was the most active in terms of traded volume with 31.3 million shares, while Alinma Tokio Marine led in number of transactions with 3,539.
Translated by Abdul Maguid Aboshahla