Saudi Stock Exchange Main Index Keeps the downtrend, Closing at 11, 704.14 pts

Saudi stock exchange main index ended trading down, at the closing here today, dropping 54.68 points to 11,704.14, with a valuation worth SR05.7 billion, in the first session of the week.

The number of all shares traded was over 153 million, divided into as many as 270 thousand deals, with 69 advancers companies’ shares against 121 decliners.

Meanwhile, the spread between the highest and lowest rates ranged from 06.14 per cent to 04.43 per cent, SPA reported

Trading session witnessed different trends of transaction, while some shares were the most traded, in terms of the shares’ tally, others were the most active, coming to the valuation, with few shares remained flat.

However, the Index of the Saudi Parallel Market (NOMU) ended the beginning of the weekly trading, up, opposing the slipping main index.

It climbed 973.33 points to close, at the level of 25,229.33 points, with a total trading valuation of SR28 million and as much as 240 thousand of traded shares, divided into as many as 1,859 deals.