Saudi stocks close higher

MediaIn / Riyadh / Agencies 28 December 2017

Saudi Arabia’s main stock index ended the day with a rise of 29.40 points to close at 7230.61 points and trading worth more than 4.7 billion riyals.
Where the number of shares traded more than 242 million shares were shared by more than 117 thousand deal, the shares of 85 companies rose in value, while the shares of 84 companies closed down.
Shares of Etihad Etisalat, Union Commercial, Sahara, Chemanol and Yanbu Cement were the top gainers, while Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Musk, Sadafco and Saudi German Bank were the worst losers, with a rise of 5.48% 1.58%.
Dar Al Arkan, Al-Anma, Saudi Kayan, and Caimanol. Sahara was the most active in terms of quantity. Dar Al Arkan, Sabic, Al-Enma, Al Rajhi and Sahara were the most active in value.
The index of Saudi equities (growth) closed today 51.93 points to close at 3189.29 points, and trading amounted to more than 5.1 million riyals, and the number of shares traded more than 210 thousand shares shared 431 deal.