Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) levelled down 0.62% or 42.92 points to reach 6,878.68 points by the week ended 23 March when compared to 6,921.6 points in the prior week.
The market’s turnover shrank by 10% to SAR 15.12 billion ($4.03 billion), which is the lowest value since 20 October 2016, from SAR 16.8 billion ($4.49 billion) a week ago.
The trading volume decreased to 771.5 million shares from 888.85 million in the past week.
Tadawul’s market cap lost SAR 13.72 billion ($3.66 billion) to total SAR 1.611 trillion ($429.61 billion) from SAR 1.625 trillion ($433.26 billion) in the past week.
The investment and finance sector was the top decliner this week with a fall of 2.3%, dragged by Kingdom Holding Company which lost 2.2% to end the week at SAR 10.65.
Saudi Group was the top loser with a fall of 7.85% to SAR 19.49, while Nadec led the winners with a rise of 14.95% to SAR 26.60.
Alinma bank was the most active stock on which 120.78 million shares were exchanged, with the highest trading value of SAR 1.77 billion. The stock gained 2.12%to end this week at SAR 14.91.
