Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) started Tuesday’s trading session with a negative performance after its benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) tumbled 13.51 points to 7,903.28.
By 10:30 am Saudi time, TASI’s trading volume hit 24.35 million shares exchanged through 21,700 transactions at a turnover of SAR 658.6 million.
The telecommunication services sector led losers with 0.37%, followed by the insurance sector with 0.3%.
Similarly, the banking and materials sectors fell 0.28%, 0.2%, respectively, while the pharmaceuticals sector remained unchanged.
On the other hand, the media sector rose 1.53%, while the energy sector inched up 0.74%.
Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance’s sector led losers with 1.47%, while the Saudi Industrial Export Company’s (SIEC) stock was the best performer after growing 3%.
Meanwhile, NOMU, the main index of the Nomu secondary market, remained unchanged at 2,421.65 points.
