Riyadh – Mubasher: The general index of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) reversed its negative performance over the past two sessions and closed Sunday’s trading on a rise amid thin turnover.
The index rose by 0.82% or 54.38 points to reach 6,682.91 points.
The market’s liquidity recorded SAR 2.74 billion on Sunday when compared to SAR 3.65 billion in the previous session. The trading volume dropped to 148 million shares from 177 million, while the number of concluded transactions fell to 144,000 from 174,740.
The materials sector grew by 1.31%, followed by the banks and the energy segments with 1.28% and 0.47%, respectively.
Saudi Marketing Company (Farm Superstores) and Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance topped the green zone with 10 %, each, whereas Arab Sea Information System Company and Saudi Fisheries Co led the red zone with 5.12% and 4.75%, respectively.
Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development Co led the trading activity on all levels through the exchange of 35 million shares at SAR 252 million.
As for the parallel market, the NomuC index closed up by 3.26% or 219 points, settling at the level of 6,942 points.
Al-Omran Industrial Trading Co came on top of the rising stocks with 6.54%.
