Saudi Stock Exchange's main index ended trading higher here today, gaining 15.54 points to close at 10,735.39. The total value of the trading reported was SR 19 billion, while the toll of shares traded was more than 500 million, divided into over 670,000 deals. While the stocks of 54 companies ended the trading higher, 135 companies' shares slumped. The spread between the advancers and decliners stocks ranged from 9.89% to 5.34%. The Saudi Parallel Equity Market Index (NOMU) ended the day gaining 213.77 points, to close at 23,938.91, with a valuation of SR 25 million and an overall tally of 255,000 stocks traded and divided into as many as 829 deals.