Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) finished Tuesday’s trading session with positive performance after its benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) levelled up 5.79 points, or 0.07%, to 8,658.95 points.

TASI’s liquidity rose to SAR 3.72 billion ($993 million) by the end of the mid-week session, from SAR 3.68 billion ($981.3 million) on Monday, while traded volume stood at 177.6 million shares, up from 159.4 million.

The capital goods, telecommunication services, and materials sectors grew 1.75%, 0.52%, and 0.37%, respectively.

On the flipside, the consumer services sector led losers with 1.45%, while the banking sector inched down 0.03%.

Abdullah Abdul Mohsen Al Khodari Sons Company’s stock led risers with 9.97%, while Bawan Company’s stock was the worst performer with 3.76%.

Al Rajhi Bank’s stock, which dipped 0.4%, topped TASI in terms of turnover with SAR 353.3 million.

In the meantime, NOMU, the main index of the Nomu secondary market, went up 9.8 points, or 0.27%, to close at 3,691.76 points.

Arab Sea Information System Co’s stock was Nomu’s best performer with 3.05%, while the stock of Baazeem Trading Co led losers with 1.02%.

The joint index between Tadawul and MSCI, MT30 index, rose 1.38 points, or 0.11%, to finish at 1,282.36 points.