Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) opened Wednesday’s trading session with negative performance, pressured by blue-chip stocks.

By 10:40 am KSA time, the main Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) fell 1.55%, or 132.58 points, to 8,418.32 points.

TASI’s traded volume reached 26 million shares exchanged at a turnover of SAR 671.13 million through 19,540 transactions.

The utilities sector topped the losers and fell 4.77%, followed by the medical sector with 3.86%.

Similarly, the telecommunication sector plunged 1.88%, while the banking and material sectors decreased by 1.7% and 1.46%, respectively.

Meanwhile, the software and services sector headed the risers adding 0.53%.

On the other hand, NOMU, the benchmark index of the Nomu-Parallel Market, levelled up 0.35%, or 12.09 points, to 3,514.01 points.

It is worth noting that the first phase of TASI’s inclusion into the MSCI Emerging Markets Index will take place during Wednesday’s session.