The Saudi Stock Exchange ended today's trading session in the green zone, to regain its gains once again, amid a jump in trading, in light of the rise in the basic materials sector; ignoring the decline of 3 major sectors.
The general index of the market, TASI, closed up by 0.33%, with gains of 41.44 points, rising to 12,708.34 points.
Trading values jumped at the end of Monday's session to 9.73 billion riyals, compared to 6.28 billion riyals, through 346.58 million shares compared to 243.17 million shares, the trading volume in yesterday's session, Sunday.
The performance of the basic materials sector increased by about 0.40%, while the performance of the communications sector decreased by about 1.44%, the performance of the energy sector decreased by about 0.88%, and the performance of the banking sector decreased by about 0.62%.
The gains included 172 stocks, led by Saudi Cables, which rose by 9.89%. 54 stocks closed in red, led by Tadawul Group, which fell by 2.73%.
Atheeb Telecom stock recorded the highest trading value at 627.72 million riyals, and the highest trading volume was for Shams stock, at a volume of 35.30 million shares.
As for the performance of the parallel market, the (Maximum Growth) index closed up 0.60%, equivalent to 158.48 points, to rise to 26,548.59 points.
Al-Babtain stock led the gains after rising by 9.49%, while Rawoum stock led the losers with a decline of 7.72%.
The general index of the market, Tadawul, closed trading yesterday, Sunday, down by 0.30%, with a loss of 38.52 points, falling to 12,666.90 points.
