The traded shares of Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) valued 1,369,670,000,000 Saudi riyals with 28.97 million transactions carried out during 2013, ending the year at 8,535.60 points compared to 6,801.22 points at the end of 2012, up to 1,734.38 points at a rate of 25.50 % . In a report issued by Tadawul, the market value of the shares issued at the end of 2013 amounted to 1.752860000000 riyals equivalent to 467.43 billion dollars, an increase of 25.17 % compared to the end of the previous year. It added that the total value of shares traded during 2013, amounted to about 1,369,670,000,000 Saudi riyals equivalent to 365.25 billion compared to 1,929,320,000,000 riyals for the previous year, down 29.01 %.
