Saudi Stock Exchange's main index ended trading higher here today, gaining 206.11 points to close, at 8,366.46 points. The total value of the trading reported was SR 11.5 billion, while the toll of shares traded was more than 440 million, divided into over 487,000 deals. While the stocks of 188 companies ended the trading higher, only 10 companies' shares slumped. On the other hand, the spread between the advancers and decliners stocks ranged from 10.00% and 01.46%. For its part, the Saudi Parallel Equity Market Index (NOMU) ended the day higher, too, gaining 755.84 points, to close, at 17,654.95 points, with a valuation of about SR 38 million and an overall tally of more than 437,000 stocks traded and divided into as many as 1366 deals.