Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) opened Tuesday’s trading session in green territory, encouraged by the growth of the banking sector.

By 11:00 am KSA time, the main Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) went up 0.15%, or 13.29 points, to 8,742.30 points.

TASI’s traded volume reached 27.47 million shares exchanged at a turnover of SAR 647.83 million through 25,000 transactions.

The banking sector topped the risers adding 0.4%, followed by the material sector with 0.33%.