Riyadh – Mubasher: The main index of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) fell 0.49% or 55 points to 6,932.65 points at Tuesday’s open.

By 10:58 am KSA time, 57.58 million shares were exchanged through 20,900 transactions at a value of SAR 836.96 million.

The investment services led the worst performers and decreased 1.95%, followed by the consumer durables and capital goods by 1.8% and 1.4%, respectively.

The material, banks, and telecom sectors lost 0.79%, 0.77%, and 0.6%, respectively.

Dar Al Arkan led the losing stocks and declined 3.9%, while Nadec topped the gaining ones and increased 3.6%.

Moreover, the main index (NOMU) of Nomu-Parallel Market went down 1.2% or 49.16 points to stand at 4,186.94 points.

Al-Samaani Factory for Metal Industries fell 3.3% to SAR 82, while Development Works Food rose solely 1.5%.