Riyadh - Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) ended Tuesday’s trades on a positive note.
The main index added 0.73% or 50 points to stand at the level of 6,873.53 points.
Traded values decreased to around SAR 3.92 billion ($1.04 billion) compared to SAR 4.07 billion ($1.09 million) on Monday, while traded volumes reached 208.88 million shares up from 230.3 million shares yesterday.
The retail sector rose 2.87%, followed by the consumer service and capital goods by 2.17% and 1.18%, respectively.
The energy sector led the losers and fell 3.88%, followed by the food retailing and the media which shed 0.35% and 0.32%, respectively.
Saudi United Cooperative Insurance Co. (Walaa) led the best performers and hiked 7.41% to SAR 25.90, followed by Sabb Takaful which levelled up 7.03% to SAR 27.40.
On the other hand, Arabian Cement topped the worst performers and lost 8.2% to SAR 38.30, followed by Bahri which levelled down 6.24% to SAR 114.25.
Alinma was the most active in terms of traded volumes and values of SAR 420.5 million and through trading 28.07 million shares.
