Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) ended Tuesday’s trading session in the green territory, hitting its highest level since 31 May.
The Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) hiked by 1.24% or 96.31 points to stand at the level of 7,853.57 points.
All sectors were up, led by banks and energy with 2.01% and 1.34%, respectively. The retailing sector was solely down by 0.16%.
Moreover, the liquidity tumbled to SAR 7.62 billion today, compared to SAR 8.98 billion on Monday, while the trading volume declined to 328.38 million shares from 407.8 million.
Al Baha Investment and Development Company headed the winners with 9.99%, whereas Al Yamamah Steel Industries Company came on top of the losers with 2.11%.
Saudi Fisheries Company (Alasmak) led the trading activity on all levels through the exchange of 17.9 million shares at a turnover of SAR 516.5 million, the stock closed up 6.85%.
At the same time, the Nomu-Parallel Market Capped Index (NomuC) plunged 4.91% or 419.53 points to 8,129.90 points.
The National Building and Marketing Company was the top faller with 13.5%, whereas Sumou Real Estate Company was the only riser by 0.61%.