The Saudi Stock Exchange ended Tuesday's trading session in the green, continuing its rise for the second consecutive session, supported by its main sectors, amid continued improvement in liquidity.
The TASI general index closed up 0.95%, with gains of 113.55 points, rising to 12,027.17 points.
Trading values rose to 8.2 billion riyals, through 969.4 million shares, compared to 7.03 billion riyals, with trades amounting to 699.12 million shares, at the end of yesterday's session, Monday.
The green color dominated the performance of the sectors, led by the banking sector, which rose by 1.77%, and the basic materials sector recorded an increase of 0.43%. The gains of the energy and communications sectors amounted to 0.36% and 0.05%, respectively.
Five sectors witnessed negative performance, led by the insurance sector with a decline of 1.07%, followed by the healthcare sector with a decline of 0.35%.
In terms of stock performance, gains included 111 stocks, led by Al Majed Al Oud stock, which rose 29.95% in its second session. 116 stocks closed in red, led by Fish stock, which fell 4.19%.
The Arab Mills share recorded the highest trading value at 943.12 million riyals, and the highest trading volume was for Shams share, with a trading volume of 297.97 million shares.
The parallel market recorded a negative performance at the end of today's session, Tuesday, as the (Maximum Growth) index closed down by 0.43%, losing 105.82 points of its value, which dropped to 24,543.35 points.
The Leaf stock led the losses in the parallel market after falling by 11.87%, while the Governorate Education stock recorded the highest gains after closing up by 12.11%.
The Saudi Stock Exchange ended trading yesterday's session, Monday, up by 1.23%, to regain its gains after 3 sessions of decline; in light of the positive performance of 3 major sectors led by the largest weighted banks.
