The Saudi stock market index closed higher today, gaining 19.46 points to finish at 11616.81 points, with trading volume reaching 6 billion riyals. A total of 340 million shares were traded, with 105 companies seeing an increase in their value, while 136 companies saw a decrease.
Stocks in the resources, printing and packaging, research and media, Rusan, and Musk sectors saw the most gains, while stocks in Saudi Cables, Falcon Insurance, Samou, Ruwad, and Tubes saw the most decline with fluctuations ranging between 9.97% and 3.58%.
On the other hand, Americana, Batelco, Electrical Industries, Shams, and Saudi Aramco were the most active in terms of quantity, while Al Rajhi, Saudi Aramco, STC, Al Ahli, and Maseer were the most active in terms of value.
The parallel Saudi stock market index, NOMU, also closed higher today, gaining 23.68 points to reach 29141.30 points, with trading volume of 59 million riyals and 6 million shares being traded.
