Saudi Stock Exchange's main index ended trading higher here today, gaining 42.22 points to close, at 8,943.92 points. The total value of the trading reported was 11.7 billion, while the toll of shares traded was more than 290 million, divided into over 440,000 deals. The Saudi Parallel Equity Market Index (NOMU) ended the day losing 320.45 points, to close, at 25,346.70 points, with a valuation of more than SR24 million and an overall tally of more than 155,000 stocks traded and divided into as many as 696 deals.