Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange’s Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) started Monday in the red after shedding 2.07 points, or 0.03%, to 7,506.37 points.
By 10:45 am KSA time, TASI’s traded volume reached 27 million shares, through 17,900 transactions, with a liquidity of SAR 624.42 million.
The telecommunication services, commercial and professional, media, and materials sectors declined 1.2%, 1%, 0.9%, and 0.04%, respectively.
On the other hand, the food and staples retailing sector rose 1.2%, followed by energy with 0.6%, and banks with 0.1%.
Al Rajhi Company for Cooperative Insurance’s (Al Rajhi Takaful) stock fell 2.7%, whereas Saudi Industrial Export Co’s (SIEC) stock jumped 9.98%.
Meanwhile, the benchmark index of the Nomu-Parallel Market, NOMU, remained unchanged at the same levels of Sunday’s session.
The stocks of Al-Samaani Factory for Metal Industries and Al-Kathiri Holding Company increased 6.4% and 0.04%, respectively, whereas Development Works Food’s stock edged down 0.6%.