Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) closes in the red on Tuesday for the second session in a row.
The main index shed 0.43% or 30.53 points to stand at 7,101.86 points.
Traded values decreased to SAR 3.9 billion ($1.04 billion) compared to SAR 4.38 billion ($1.17 billion) on Monday.
Traded volumes levelled up to 208.46 million shares compared to 244.36 million shares yesterday.
The food retailing sector led the worst performers and retreated 1.33%, weighted by Farm Superstores and Al Othaim Markets which levelled down 1.7% to SAR 30.7 and 1.5% to SAR 102, respectively.
The capital goods sector lost 0.44%, weighted by SABIC and SAFCO which went down 0.63% to SAR 95.5 and 1.1% to SAR 72.25, respectively.
The telecom sector fell 0.88%, backed by Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Mobily which retreated 1.06% to SAR 67 and 1.7% to SAR 21.95, respectively.
The banks sector decreased 0.76%, affected by the National Commercial Bank (NCB) and Al Rajhi Bank which lost 1.56% to SAR 42.8 and 0.45% to SAR 66.5, respectively.
Al Inma Bank was the most active in terms of traded values of SAR 357.64 million.
Dar Al Arkan was the most active in terms of traded volume exchanging 28.76 million; the stock went up 1.68%.
