Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) ended Thursday’s trading session in decline, as the general index closed at 7,874.41 points, losing 0.52% or 40.95 points.

Traded volumes amounted to 188.56 million shares with a turnover of SAR 4.071 billion.

As for the market sector indices, materials lost 1.27%, while energy and banks decreased by 0.71% and 0.35%, respectively, and telecom fell by 0.11%.

Saudi Aramco registered the highest turnover with SAR 508.40 million, while Dar Al Arkan was the most actively traded stock with 50.77 million shares.

SARCO was the session’s top loser and dropped by 9.99%, while Axa was the top gainer and added 3.87%.

Meanwhile, the main index of the Nomu-Parallel Market gained 0.65% and closed at 7,458.38 points.