Riyadh - Mubasher: The Saudi Stock Exchanges (Tadawul) declined by the end of the week, with a negative performance dominating most of the market sectors.
The Tadawul All Shares Index (TASI) lost 3.28%, or 260.49 points, and closed on Thursday at the level of 7,687.76 points.
Market capital fell by SAR 68.49 billion to a total of SAR 1.82 trillion.
Food retail led the declining market sectors with a 5.4% drop, followed by healthcare with 4.9%.
The three main sector indices, namely materials, banks, and telecom, all closed in red, losing 4.28%, 2.93%, and 2.65%, respectively.
Traded values decreased by 45.15% to SAR 14.4 billion, while volumes went down by 47.75% to 625.98 million shares.