Riyadh-Mubasher: Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) closed Wednesday with a slight decline of 0.18% or 16.55 points to 9,107 points.

Turnover exceeded SAR 3.6 billion, after more than 122 million shares were traded through over 75,000 trades.

The agriculture and hotel sectors led the six fallers, dropping 1.95% and 0.77%, respectively.

Meanwhile, the insurance sector topped the nine advancers, climbing 1.86%. The transport had the second-best showing, with a gain of 1.05%.

As for equities, 56 stocks headed south, led by Ahlia which dived 4.14% to SAR 14.40.

On the other hand, 78 stocks headed north, topped by Tawuniya which was up 6.26% to SAR 104.75.

SABIC, which drifted 0.44% higher to SAR 96, was the most active in turnover with SAR 474.7 million.

Alinma Bank, which advanced 1.08% to SAR 22.45, led in trading volume with 15 million shares.

Translated by Abdul Maguid Aboshahla