Media In / Riyadh 15 July 2018
The index of Saudi shares closed today, up 42.68 points to close at 8405.09 points, and trades worth more than 2.6 billion riyals. The number of shares traded was more than 109 million shares, which were shared by more than 82 thousand transactions in which the shares of 100 companies rose in value, while the shares of 65 companies closed down. The shares of companies of exports, real estate, the Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and research and marketing the highest, while the shares of the companies of care, Cisco, SICO, Mbco and Elgin was the lowest in the transactions, where the rates of rise and fall between 10% and 2.41%. Saudi Arabia’s benchmark index closed up 3.91 points to close at 2850.03 points, with trades worth more than 400,000 riyals. The number of shares traded was more than 31,000 shares, which were split by 146 transactions.