Riyadh – Mubasher: The main index of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) rose 0.97% or 67.12 points to 7,005.22 points at Sunday’s open.

By 10:48 am KSA time, 62.18 million shares were exchanged through 18,080 transactions at a value of SAR 885.54 million.

The telecom sector led the best performers and increased 1.3%, followed by the consumer durables and material sectors by 1.2% and 1.1%, respectively.

The banks sector added 0.9%.

Alujain Corp led gainers and advanced 4.4%, while Herfy Food topped losers and shed 0.74%.

On the other hand, the main index (NOMU) of Nomu-Parallel Market levelled down 2.03% or 87.06 points to stand at 4,196.50 points.

Raydan Co and Baazeem Trading fell 4.8% and 2.5%, respectively, while Arab Sea rose solely by 1.4%.