Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) ended Thursday’s trading session on a marginal decline, after rising for two consecutive days, due to losses by major market sectors.

The all-share index decreased by 0.06% or 4.26 points and closed at 6,716.98 points.

The materials index led ten losing market sectors and fell by 0.85%, as SABIC closed down by 2.19%.

On the other hand, the banks and energy sectors added 0.1% and 0.27%, respectively, while the telecom sector increased by 0.15%.

The trading value reached SAR 3.4 billion, after 158 million shares were traded in the week’s last session.

Farm Superstores topped the red zone, losing 3.73%, while Arab Sea was the highest rising stock, and surged by 9.98%.

Dar Alarkan was the most actively traded stock with a volume of 13.4 million shares, while Al Rajhi registered the biggest traded value with SAR 260.88 million.

In the Parallel Marker, the NomuC index levelled up by 5.95%, closing at 7,092.43 points.