The Saudi stock market closed higher today, gaining 127.90 points to end at 11,853.78 points, with trades amounting to 4.6 billion Saudi riyals. A total of 213 million shares were traded, with 207 companies seeing an increase in their stock value while 35 companies recorded a decline. Companies in the construction, research and media, Banan, National Education, and Dallah Healthcare sectors experienced the most significant gains, while companies in the paper industry, Al-Baha, Taameer, Red Sea, and Makkah saw the biggest losses. The percentage of increase and decrease ranged from 9.91% to 3.62%.
Companies such as Al-Baha, Americana, Saudi Aramco, Rasan, and SABIC were the most actively traded by volume, while Rasan, Saudi Aramco, Al Rajhi, Al Ahli, and Dar Al-Arkan were the most active in terms of value. The parallel Saudi stock index “Nomu” also closed higher today, rising by 139.42 points to end at 31,275.27 points, with trades amounting to 27 million riyals and 1.8 million shares traded.
