Saudi Stock Exchange's main index ended trading higher here today, gaining 41.49 points to close at 10,698.30. The total value of the trading reported was SR 12.7 billion, while the toll of shares traded was more than 410 million, divided into over 470,000 deals. While the stocks of 131 companies ended the trading higher, 58 companies' shares slumped. The spread between the advancers and decliners stocks ranged from 9.95% to 3.23%. The Saudi Parallel Equity Market Index (NOMU) ended the day gaining 257.06 points, to close at 24,196.93, with a valuation of SR 27 million and an overall tally of 300,000 stocks traded and divided into as many as 1,341 deals.