Riyadh: The main Saudi stock index closed Thursday up 10.40 points, reaching 11,090.33 points, with trading valued at SAR 5.4 billion. The volume of shares traded reached 263 million, with 139 companies seeing their share prices rise and 116 companies experiencing declines.

According to Qatar News Agency, the parallel Saudi stock market index (Nomu) also closed higher today, gaining 167.38 points to reach 22,719.17 points. The trading on the Nomu index was valued at SAR 17 million, with a volume of over 2 million shares traded.