Riyadh – Mubasher: The main index of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) ended Tuesday adding 0.04% or 2.91 points to the level of 6,790,71 points.
Traded value reached SAR 3.74 billion ($997 million) compared to SAR 3.4 billion ($907 million) on Monday, while traded volume stood at SAR 199.3 million shares, compared to 180.3 million shares yesterday.
The media sector topped the 12 gainers and hiked 5.5%, supported by Saudi Research and Marketing which levelled up 5.26% to SAR 28.80.
The telecom sector rose 0.62% backed by Mobily and Saudi Telecom Co (STC) which increased 1.62% and 0.52%, respectively, while Zain slipped 0.6%.
The banks sector went down 0.37%, after National Commercial Bank (NCB) decreased 1.8% to SAR 38.10, and Al Rajhi Bank increased 0.65% to SAR 63.25.
The capital goods sector also inched down 0.27%, after SAFCO lost 1.18% to SAR 68, while SABIC went up 0.25% to SAR 95.75.
Al Tayyar Travel Group topped the best performers and rose 5.53% to SAR 31.50, while Amana Cooperative Insurance led the worst performers and fell 4.3% to SAR 18.90.
Alinma Bank was the most active in terms of traded values and volume exchanging 29.3 million shares at a value of SAR 418.9 million; the stock shed 0.14% to SAR 14.30.
