Today, the Saudi stock market index closed higher by 73.62 points, ending at a level of 11626.60 points, with trades valued at 3.5 billion Saudi riyals. The total quantity of traded stocks was 187 million shares, with 199 companies seeing an increase in their stock value while 37 companies saw a decline.
Companies in the real estate investment trust, Saudi Cables, Printing and Packaging, Jabal Omar, and Kingdom sectors experienced the most growth, while Riyadh Cement, Al-Jammaz Sports, Al-Mousa, Research and Media, and Etihad Etisalat saw the biggest drops. The percentage of increase and decrease ranged from 10.00% to 3.15%.
American Restaurants, Shams, Saudi Aramco, Masar, and Batic were the most active in terms of quantity, while Saudi Aramco, Masar, Al Rajhi, Jabal Omar, and Al-Ahli were the most active in terms of value. The parallel Saudi stock market index (Nomu) closed higher by 264.47 points today, reaching a level of 28978.19 points, with trades totaling 23 million riyals and over two million shares traded.
