Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) finished Thursday’s trading session with a negative performance after its benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) tumbled 19.76 points, or 0.23%, to 8,547.48 points.

TASI’s liquidity rose to SAR 1.71 billion from SAR 1.67 billion, while traded volume hit 77.32 million shares on Thursday, up from 75.2 million in the session before.

The capital goods sector led losers with 1.2%, followed by the consumer durables and apparel sector with 0.8%.

The banking and materials sectors shed 0.39% and 0.08%, respectively.

On the other hand, the insurance, the real estate investment traded funds (REITs) and telecommunication services sectors levelled up 0.6%, 0.3%, and 0.17%, respectively.

Saudi Amiantit Group’s stock led losers with 9.8%, while MEFIC REIT Fund’s stock was the best performer with 3.5%.

Al Rajhi Bank’s stock topped TASI in terms of trading value with SAR 195.84 million, while the stock of Saudi Amiantit Group posted the highest traded value after 10.78 million shares were exchanged.

In the meantime, the main index of the Nomu secondary market, NOMU, went down 13.32 points, or 0.39%, to close the last session of the week at 3,400.42 points.

Nomu’s trading volume fell to 48,810 shares, from 62,800 in the previous session, while its turnover amounted to SAR 889,050, down from SAR 1.2 million.

Baazeem Trading Co’s stock led losers with 4%, while Development Works Food Co’s (DWF) stock topped risers with 2.1%.

The stock of Abdullah Saad Mohamed Abo Moati for Bookstores Company led Nomu in terms of volume and value after 30,460 shares were exchanged, generating a turnover of SAR 392,180.

The joint index between Tadawul and MSCI, MT30 index, declined 3.49 points, or 0.28%, to 1,262.88 points.