Saudi Stock Exchange's main index closed higher here today, gaining 55.23 points to end trading, at 7,759.48 points. The total value of the trading reported was over SR6.4 billion, while the toll of shares traded was more than 300 million, divided into as many as 270,000 deals. While the stocks of 118 companies ended the trading with high values, 66 companies' shares slumped. In terms of the spread between the highest and the lowest stocks, it ranged from 10.00% to 1.97%. For its part, the Saudi Parallel Equity Market Index (NOMU) finished higher, too, gaining 253.61 points to end trading at 8,192.43 points, with a valuation over SR32 million and a tally of more than 570,000 stocks traded and divided into 1335 deals.