Saudi Stock Exchange's main index ended trading higher here today, gaining 156.24 points to close, at 8,021.02 points. The total value of the trading reported was over SR06.80 billion, while the toll of shares traded was more than 305 million, divided into over 320,000 deals. While the stocks of 191 companies ended the trading higher, only 05 companies' shares slumped. On the other hand, the spread between the advancers and decliners stocks ranged from 10.00% and 00.97%. For its part, the Saudi Parallel Equity Market Index (NOMU) ended the day gaining 1,200.32 points, to close, at 17,346.18 points, with a valuation of about SR19 million and an overall tally of more than 188,000 stocks traded and divided into as many as 851 deals.