Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) ended the last session of the year on a negative note.
The main index shed 0.42% or 30.23 points to reach 7,210.43 points.
Turnover marginally decreased to SAR 5.41 billion ($1.44 billion) compared to SAR 5.87 billion ($1.56 billion) on Wednesday.
Traded volume also fell to 309.73 million shares compared to 321.3 million shares last session.
The multi-investment topped the worst performers and lost 1.12%, on the back of the Kingdom Holding Co. which levelled down 2.45% to SAR 11.95.
The media fell 1.1%, after Tihama Advertising went down 2.14% to SAR 33.9.
The banks sector also shed 0.43%, affected by Banque Saudi Fransi and Al Rajhi Bank which lost 2.14% to SAR 26.10 and 0.02% to SAR 63, respectively.
The petrochemical sector went down 1%, after SABIC and SAFCO decreased 0.91% to SAR 91.50 and 0.57% to SAR 75, respectively.
On the other hand, the transport sector rose 1.41%, supported by Saudi Ground Services which hiked 4% to SAR 66.25.
The telecommunication sector achieved the least gains adding 0.23%, as Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Mobily and Zain KSA rose 0.34%, 0.12% and 0.59%, respectively.
Nama Chemicals led the losing stocks and declined 9.75%, while Al Hammadi topped gainers and increased 4.9%.
SABIC was the most active in terms of traded value of SAR 716.8 million, shedding 1%, while Dar Al Arkan was the most active in terms of traded volume trading 96.9 million shares, adding 0.5%.
