Mubasher: The main index of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) levelled down by 0.31% or 21.66 points to reach 6,924.08 points by the week ended on 4 May when compared to 6,945.74 points in the previous week.
Similarly, the main index of the Nomu-Parallel Market plunged by 728% or 345.26 points, which is the highest weekly loss since it was launched on 26 February, to reach 4,395.23 points from 4,740.49 points in the past week.
Tadawul’s market cap increased by 0.17% or SAR 740 million to total SAR 1.63 trillion ($434.79 billion) this week from SAR 1.627 trillion ($434.06 billion) in the prior week.
The banks sector lost 1%, dragged by Al Rajhi Bank which declined by 1.2%.
Meanwhile, the telecom segment rose by 0.98%, on the back of both STC and Mobily which gained 2.24% and 1.07%, respectively.
The liquidity grew by 14% to stand at SAR 18.2 billion ($4.86 billion) this week from SAR 16 billion ($4.26 billion) a week ago.
The trading volume increased by 19.4% to 1.16 billion shares from 970 million in the previous week.
Dar Al Arkan was the most active stock on which 315 million shares were exchanged at a value of SAR 2.1 billion, falling by 7% to SAR 6.24.
GO, Etihad Atheeb Telecom, was the top loser with a drop of 9.2% to SAR 7.99, while Medgulf topped the gainers with a growth of 6.24% to SAR 21.45.
