Riyadh – Mubasher: The main index of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) added 0.28% or 19.45 points to 6,898 points at Sunday’s open.

By 10:45am Makkah time, 36.5 million shares were exchanged through 19,500 transactions at a value of 698.53 million.

The transportation, retail, and materials sectors increased 0.97%, 0.79%, and 0.62%, respectively.

The telecom and banks sectors also inched up 0.36% and 0.22%, respectively.

Al Babtain Power topped gainers and hiked 6.47% to SAR 30.30, while Arab National Bank led the worst performers and decreased 2.26% to SAR 19.50.

Moreover, the main index (NOMU) of the Nomu-Parallel Market levelled up 1.47% or 75 points to stand at 5,166.7 points.

Al Omran Trading was the only loser and fell 1.06% to SAR 31.80, while Raydan Co topped the best performers and rose 2.39% to SAR 31.30.