Riyadh – Mubasher: The Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) declined by 1.78% or 234.40 points to close Monday's trading session at 12,914.89 points.

Turnover amounted to SAR 9.12 billion after 174.70 million shares had been exchanged.

The pharma, biotech, and life science sector led the losers with 4.47%, while the health care equipment segment headed the gainers with 2.01%.

Saudi Industrial Export Co. (SIEC) topped the green zone with 6.60%, while United Cooperative Assurance Co. (UCA) led the red zone with 2.75%.

 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) recorded the highest trading volume of 16.66 million shares, while Al Rajhi Bank posted the highest turnover of SAR 1.28 billion.

As for the parallel market, the Nomu-Parallel Market Capped Index (NomuC) went down by 1.33% or 304.60 points to stand at 22,540.87 points.