Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange’s (Tadawul) main index rose 0.21% or 14.84 points to reach 6,991.19 points in Tuesday’s early trades.
The market saw trading of 30.89 million shares through 16,730 transactions by 10:50am KSA time, with a turnover of SAR 655.8 million.
The healthcare equipment and services sector topped gainers with a 0.86% rise.
The banking sector also grew 0.30%, followed by the real estate and materials sectors by 0.27% and 0.02%, respectively.
The REITS sector was the worst perfromer after declining 0.7%.
Arabian Shield Cooperative Insurance led losers with a 1.8% decline.