Saudi stock market index closes higher at 11,068 points

The Saudi stock index closed higher, gaining 35.74 points to finish at 11,068.65. A total of 160 million shares were traded, with shares of 148 companies advancing and 101 companies declining, according to The Peninsula Qatar Business. The total trading turnover was SAR 2.9 billion.

The parallel market index, Nomu, closed down 47.14 points at 21,739.24, with a trading turnover of SAR 15.6 million, as per The Peninsula Qatar Business. Ajel English reported that more than 4.3 million shares were traded on Nomu.

Gainers included Al-Masafi, Banan, and Wafrah shares, while Ladan, Riyadh REIT, Armah, Naseej, and Kingdom Holding recorded the steepest losses, as reported by Ajel English.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Peninsula Qatar Business, Ajel English — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.