Cairo-Mubasher: Bahrain Bourse closed Sunday in the positive territory, buoyed by the commercial bank sector.

The benchmark rose 0.07%, or 1.02 points, to end the session at 1461.13 pts.  

Turnover increased from BHD 389.3 thousand to BHD 415.6 thousand, and trading volume grew from 815.5 thousand shares to 2 million shares.

The commercial bank sector went up 0.18%, boosted by Al Salam (+1.53%) and AUB (+0.61%).

The investment sector added 0.08%, as Commercial Facilities climbed 1.25%.

On the negative side, the service sector closed 0.27% lower, as Batelco shed 0.58%.