Riyadh – Mubasher: The main index of Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) shed 0.03% or 1.83 points to close at 6,820.60 points on Tuesday.

Traded value reached SAR 1.64 billion on Tuesday through exchanging 92.81 million shares.

The media sector led the worst performers and decreased 1.9%, followed by the transport and utilities sectors by 1% and 0.8%, respectively.

On the other hand, the food retailing sector went up 1.7%, followed by the REITs and retailing sectors by 1.6% and 1.1%, respectively.

The banks sector went up 0.18%, followed by the telecom and material sectors by 0.29% and 0.23%, respectively.

Saudi Research and Marketing led the red zone and levelled down 2.4%, while Gulf Union topped the green one and hiked 9.97%.

Al Inma Bank was the most active in terms of traded values with SAR 307.88 million, while Dar Al Arkan topped traded volume by 31.13 million shares.

Moreover, the main index (NOMU) of Nomu-Parallel Market rose 0.82% or 32.95 points to close at 4,029.10 points.

Traded volume reached 27,100 shares at a value of SAR 767,650.

Raydan Co topped the best performers and advanced 1.3% to SAR 23, while Al-Omran Industrial Trading led the red zone and decreased 2.1% to SAR 23.

Development Works Food was the most active in terms of traded values with SAR 339,850, while Raydan Co topped the traded volumes by exchanging 11,730 shares.