Themain Saudi Stock Exchange Index closed the trading up 118.27 points to close,at 6362.92 points, with transactions worth more than SR 2.9 billion.
Thenumber of shares traded reached more than 145 million shares, which were sharedby more than 145,000 deals in which the shares of 162 companies registered arise in their value, while the shares of 23 companies declined.
UmmAl-Qura cement companies, Chub, Al-Yumama cement, Al-Arabiya cement, and Riteshares were the highest, while those of chemical companies, Inayah, Al-Watania,Jaku and Ridan were the lowest in trading, with the rates of rise and fallranging between 10.00% and 2.98%.
Theshares of Al-Rajhi, Saudi Aramco, Sira and Al-Madinah Cement were the mostactive in quantity.
TheSaudi Secondary Index (Nomu) closed the day up 222.85 points to close, at5511.02 points, with more than SR 7 million traded, in value, and the number ofshares traded was 195,000, within 606 transactions.
