Riyadh – Mubasher: The main index of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) went up 0.16% or 10.67 points to 6,831.48 points at Sunday’s open.

By 10:37 am KSA time, 12.06 million shares were exchanged at a value of SAR 156.87 million.

The food sector topped the green zone and rose 1%, followed by the utilities and capital goods by 0.6% and 0.5%, respectively.

On the other hand, the retailing sector led the worst performers and shed 0.77%, followed by the commercial services and consumer durables by 0.64% and 0.6%, respectively.

The banks sector added 0.16%, followed by the material and telecom sectors by 0.08% and 0.06%, respectively.

The Saudi British Bank (Sabb) topped the gaining stocks and increased 3.2%, while Al Baha led the losing ones and fell 4.8%.

Moreover, the main index (NOMU) of Nomu-Parallel Market opened Sunday unchanged at 3,975.32 points.

Thob Al-Aseel Company led the losing stocks and declined 8.8%, while Development Works Food solely added 0.9%.