Mubasher: The benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) closed Tuesday’s trading session 0.22% or 15.97 points higher at 7,240.1 points.

Tadawul’s turnover increased to SAR 2.81 billion ($749 million) on Tuesday compared to SAR 2.41 billion ($643 million) in the previous session, after the trading volume decreased to 94.88 million shares from 95.66 million.

The healthcare segment led eleven gainers with a rise of 0.97%, while the telecom sector headed decliners with 0.91%.

Arabian cement was the top winner with a gain of 5.25% to close at SAR 33.90, while Halwani Bros Co led losers with a fall of 3.91% to SAR 49.90.

Meanwhile, the main index (NOMU) of the Nomu-Parallel Market closed the session 0.62% or 21.35 points lower at 3,416.63 points.

Al Omran was the only winner with a rise of 3.09% to close at SAR 20, while Development Works Food led losers with 7.14% to end the session at SAR 65.