AlHijjah 23, 1436, Oct 7, 2015, SPA -- Saudi stock market index marked today strong gains, rising 140.19 points, a rise of 1.88% to close at 7602.69 points, and the trades exceeded 5.8 billion riyals. Today's trading saw shares rise in value 149 company, with shares of 15 companies fell as the number of traded shares reached today more than 254 million shares were distributed to more than 104 thousand transactions.