Saudi stock market closes higher at 11729.71 points

The main Saudi stock index closed today, up 50.55 points to close at 11729.71 points, with trades worth 6.9 billion riyals.

The volume of traded shares – according to the daily economic bulletin of the Saudi Press Agency for the Saudi Stock Market – amounted to 311 million shares, in which the shares of 169 companies recorded an increase in their value, while the shares of 62 companies closed down.

The parallel Saudi stock index (Nomu) closed today, up 207.67 points to close at 25903.77 points, with trades worth 32 million riyals, and the volume of traded shares amounted to 1.8 million shares.