Saudi Stock Exchange Main Index Ends Trading, higher, at 8,747.09 Points

Saudi Stock Exchange Main Index Ends Trading, higher, at 8,747.09 Points

The Saudi Stock Exchange's main index ended trading higher here today, gaining 38.50 points to close, at 8,747.09 points.

The total value of the trading reported was SR15.4 billion, while the toll of shares traded was more than 500 million, divided into over 540,000 deals.

While the stocks of 92 companies ended the trading higher, while 89 companies' shares slumped.

Thus, the advancers outnumbered the decliners.

On the other hand, the spread between the advancers and decliners stocks ranged from 10.00% to 07.20%.

For its part, the Saudi Parallel Equity Market Index (NOMU) ended the day, lower, losing 433.70 points, to close at 19,487.11 points.

Valuation at NOMU trading, totaled SR25 million with an overall tally of more than 290,000 stocks traded and divided into as many as 1107 deals.

--SPA

17:35 LOCAL TIME 14:35 GMT

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