The Saudi Stock Exchange ended yesterday's session in the green, continuing its gains for the second consecutive session, supported by the energy and communications sectors; thus ignoring the decline in the banking and basic materials sectors, in light of the decline in liquidity compared to the previous session.
The general index of the market, TASI, closed up 0.13%, with gains of 15.87 points, rising to 12,518.22 points.
Trading values fell to 6.39 billion riyals, compared to 8.2 billion riyals in Thursday's session, and trading volumes fell to 316.89 million shares, compared to 311.28 million shares in Thursday's session.
The energy sector recorded an increase of about 0.52%, and the communications sector’s performance increased by about 0.25%.
In contrast, the banking sector’s performance declined by about 0.93%, while the basic materials sector’s performance declined by 0.78%.
In terms of stock performance, gains included 147 stocks, led by Al Rajhi Takaful, with an increase of 9.96%. 76 stocks closed in red, led by the Paper Industry stock, which fell by 3.78%.
Al Rajhi stock recorded the highest trading value at 300.28 million riyals, and the highest volume was for Shams stock with a trading volume of about 50.60 million shares.
The parallel market witnessed a significant rise at the end of Sunday's session, as the (Maximum Growth) index closed up 0.87%, equivalent to 232.50 points, rising to 26,940.18 points.
Azm stock led the rise by 11.61%, while National Construction and Marketing stock was the biggest decliner by about 6.75%.
