Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) started Tuesday’s trading session in green territory after its main Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) increased 64.62 points, or 0.8%, to 7,937.41 points.

By 10:43 am Saudi time, TASI’s trading volume reached 21.43 million shares exchanged at a turnover of SAR 528.14 million through 16,540 transactions.

The media sector topped TASI’s gainers adding 4.35, followed by the commercial services, telecommunication, and banking sectors, which grew 1.7%, 1.5%, and 1%, respectively.

The pharma sector was the main market’s only loser falling 0.16%.

Meanwhile, NOMU, the benchmark index of the Nomu-Parallel Market, levelled down 2.99 points, or 0.11%, to 2,620.37 points.

Thob Al-Aseel Company’s stock fell 0.05%.