Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) ended Thursday’s trading session with negative performance, pressured by the fall of the banking and materials sectors.

The benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) went down by 0.62%, or 48.68 points, ending the session at 7,744.08 points.

TASI’s traded volume reached 80.827 million shares exchanged at a turnover of SAR 2.023 billion through 95,250 transactions.

The banking sector topped the decliners falling 0.5%, followed by the materials sector with 1.56%.

Similarly, the telecommunication and energy sectors retreated by 1.56% and 1.32%, respectively.