Saudi Stock Exchange's main index ended trading higher today, gaining 12.89 points to close at 9,498.85 points. The total value of the trading reported was SR8.6 billion, while the toll of shares traded was more than 289 million, divided into over 365,000 deals. While the stocks of 119 companies ended the trading higher, 70 companies' shares slumped. The Saudi Parallel Equity Market Index (NOMU) ended the day losing 394.97 points, to close, at 24,110.36 points, with a valuation of SR19 million and an overall tally of 212,000 stocks traded and divided into as many as 552 deals.