Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) closed Tuesday’s trading session on a rise, backed by the gains of the transportation and materials sectors among others.

The Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) rose by 3.40% or 203.43 points, settling at 6,193.66 points.

The turnover registered SAR 4.18 billion where 205 million shares were traded through 203,650 transactions.

The materials segment went up by 3.52%, followed by the banks and the energy sectors with 3.36% and 3.09%, respectively.

Moreover, the pharma sector was the only faller with 0.71%.

Both Alujain Holding and Batic Investments and Logistics topped the rising stocks with 10% each, whereas Alkhabeer REIT Fund and Maharah Human Resources Company headed the losers with 6.81% and 3.69%, respectively.

Alinma led the trading activity through the exchange of 22.40 million shares, while Al Rajhi recorded the highest liquidity of SAR 497 million.

The Nomu-Parallel Market index jumped by 9.47% or 473.56 points and closed at 5,474.76 points.

Arab Sea Information System led the rising stocks and grew by 13.75%.