Riyadh – Mubasher: The main index of Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) lost 0.48% or 32.73 points to close at 6,820.81 points on Thursday.

Traded value reached SAR 2.13 billion on Thursday through exchanging 101.38 million shares.

The media sector led the worst performers and decreased 3.7%, followed by the capital goods and REITs sectors by 2.6% and 2.2%, respectively.

On the other hand, the uitilities sector topped gainers and increased 1.5%, followed by real estate sector by 0.57%.

The material and banks sectors went down 0.76% and 0.44%, respectively, while the telecom sector added 0.03%.

Tihama Advertising and Public Relations Co led the red zone and retreated 9.9%, while Emaar the Economic City topped the best performers and rose 2.4%.

Al Inma Bank was the most active in terms of traded values and volumes with SAR 533.81 million through exchanging 37.43 million shares.

Moreover, the main index (NOMU) of Nomu-Parallel Market fell 1.8% or 73.77 points to close at 3,975.32 points.

Traded volume reached 180,690 shares at a value of SAR 10.57 million.

Thob Al-Aseel Company led the red zone and dropped 20% to SAR 68, followed Development Works Food which declined 9% to SAR 81.50.

Thob Al-Aseel was the most active in terms of traded values and volumes with SAR 7.43 million through exchanging 104,600 shares.