Saudi stock market closes higher by 25 points, trading nears SAR 3.9bn

Saudi Arabia’s main stock index ended trading today with a gain of 25.17 points, closing at 10,741.99 points, as the total value of trades reached nearly 3.9 billion riyals (SAR).

According to the daily economic bulletin from the Saudi Press Agency on the Saudi stock market, trading volume reached 239 million shares. The market capitalization of 78 companies increased, while shares of 179 companies declined during the session.

Masar, Knowledge City, Al Arabi, Darb Saudi, and GIG were among the top gainers, while SAL, Shams, Bawan, Care, and Riyadh Cables led the list of decliners. Price changes ranged from a rise of 5.22% to a drop of 5.41%.

In terms of activity, Darb Saudi, Petro Rabigh, Americana, Saudi Aramco, and Knowledge City were the most actively traded stocks by volume. Petro Rabigh, Saudi Aramco, Al Rajhi, Al Ahli, and Darb Saudi topped the list by trading value.

On the parallel market, the Nomu index closed down by 14.75 points at 22,141.58, with trading value reaching 10 million riyals and more than 1.7 million shares exchanged.