Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) ended Thursday’s trading session in decline, as the benchmark index (TASI) lost 1.07% or 82.78 points and closed at 7,628.34 points.

Traded volumes reached 179.73 million shares, with a value of SAR 4.77 billion, compared with a volume of 143.72 million traded shares yesterday at SAR 3.71 billion.

Metlife led the declining stocks and fell by 7.74%, while Alinma Tokio topped the gainers and went up by 9.93%.

Aramco was the most actively traded stock with 18 million shares and the highest turnover at SAR 599.55 million.

The materials sector declined by 1.35%, while banks and energy went down by 0.76% and 0.51%, respectively.

Meanwhile, the Nomu Parallel Market slipped by 0.66% to close at 7,130.84 points.