
Closing Bell: Saudi main index ends lower at 11,188
The total trading turnover reached SR4.4 billion ($1.17 billion), with 76 stocks advancing and 165 declining.
The MSCI Tadawul 30 Index also dropped, losing 12.2 points, or 0.85 percent, to close at 1,428.81.
The Kingdom's parallel market Nomu declined by 156.89 points, or 0.57 percent, to close at 27,260.73, with 29 stocks gaining and 49 retreating.
The best-performing stock of the day was Saudi Reinsurance Co., rising 3.70 percent to SR49.
Other top gainers included Al-Rajhi Company for Cooperative Insurance, whose share price rose 3.65 percent to SR119.2, and Umm Al-Qura Cement Co., which gained 3.42 percent to SR17.54.
The day's largest decline was seen in SHL Finance Co., with its share price dipping 4.93 percent to SR19.30.
Al-Etihad Cooperative Insurance Co. saw its shares drop 3.86 percent to SR13.44, while Saudi Arabian Oil Co. declined 3.64 percent to SR25.15.
The best performer on the Kingdom's parallel market was Enma AlRawabi Co., with its share price surging by 7.77 percent to reach SR24.98.
Lamasat Co.'s share price increased by 7.58 percent to reach SR7.1, and Natural Gas Distribution Co. reached SR47, increasing by 6.82 percent.
Albattal Factory for Chemical Industries Co. was the worst performer on the parallel market, declining 16.83 percent to reach SR42.
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