Riyadh – Mubasher: The benchmark All Share Index (TASI) of the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) closed Tuesday higher by 178.72 points (1.53%) at 11,843.55 points, maintaining its upward performance for the third consecutive session.
The turnover reached SAR 8.02 billion through the trading of 185.96 million shares, compared to SAR 7.56 billion and 204.53 million shares on Monday.
Except for three decliners topped by the commercial sector which fell by 0.69%, the majority of the segments were gainers, headed by the diversified financials which added 3.91%.
Tadawul Group topped the risers with 9.88%, while United Electronics (eXtra) led the fallers with 2.21%.
Alinma Bank posted the highest trading volume of 12.44 million shares, while Al Rajhi Bank continued to generate the highest trading value of SAR 719.22 million.
Similarly, Nomu-Parallel Market Capped Index (NomuC) added 297.77 points (1.15%) to close at 26,143.59 points.
Advance International Company for Communication and Information Technology, which started trading on 6 January, continued to be the top riser with 23.32%.
Riyadh Cement and Sumou Real Estate were the only fallers with 0.59% and 0.32%, respectively.
