Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) ended Sunday’s trading in the green zone, maintain its upward trend for the second consecutive session, with liquidity level plunging to the lowest level since January.
The benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) rose by 0.55% or 42.87 points and closed at the level of 7,901.9 points.
Traded values dropped to SAR 1.64 billion, its lowest level since 1 January, compared with SAR 2.1 billion on Thursday.
Similarly, traded volumes declined to 62 million shares, down from 82 million shares in the previous session.
The market saw the increase of 127 stocks at closing, with Al Kathiri leading the risers, climbing by 5%, while 50 stocks ended the session in red, with City Cement being the biggest loser as it dropped 1.67%.
Alrajhi recorded the highest turnover at SAR 274.6 million, while Alinma was the most actively traded stock with 7.15 million shares.
Meanwhile, all the market sector indices closed in green, except for the energy sector that lost 0.55%.
Banks rose by around 0.66%, while basic materials and telecom edged up by 0.61% and 0.08%, respectively.
As for the Nomu-Parallel Market, the main index fell 0.19% and closed at the level of 6,364.44 points.
