The Saudi stock market closed higher today, with the main index gaining 89.98 points to end at 11,592.52 points, with trading value reaching 4.7 billion Riyals. The total traded stocks amounted to 276 million shares, with 215 companies seeing an increase in their stock value, while 34 companies ended the day on a decline.
Stocks of companies in the Red Sea, electric industries, Masq, Astra Industrial, and Qwa Telecom were the top gainers, while paper industry, care, Al-Baha, Abdullah Al-Othaim Markets, and Al-Mazraa Markets were the biggest losers. The percentage of increase and decrease ranged from 10.00% to 2.73%.
The most active stocks in terms of quantity were Americana, Al-Baha, Batelco, Zain Saudi Arabia, and Electric Industries, while Al Rajhi, Saudi Aramco, Americana, Nais & N, and Al Ahli were the most active in terms of value.
The parallel Saudi stock market index “Nomu” also closed higher today, gaining 216.46 points to end at 29,141.01 points, with trading value reaching 27 million Riyals and the total traded stocks exceeding 2 million shares.
