Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) ended Tuesday trading, the last session March, on a positive note.

The all-share index added 2.07% or 132.06 points to close at the level of 6,505.35 points.

Traded volumes amounted to 219.72 million shares, with a value of SAR 4.84 billion, distributed over 200,603 transactions.

Alinma was the most actively traded stock with 18.66 million shares, while Al Rajhi led the trading activity with SAR 701.98 million.

The healthcare sector rose by 5.31%, followed by telecom with 5.17%, while the materials and banks segments increased by 1.65% and 0.92%, respectively.

Wataniya topped the rising stocks with 9.99%, while Thob Al Aseel led the decreasing stocks with 0.88%.

The Nomu parallel market index lost 0.86% or 45.51 points and closed at 5,267 points.