Saudi Stock Exchange's main index ended trading lower today, losing 17.36 points to close at 11,197.97 points. The total value of the trading reported was 8.5 billion, while the toll of shares traded was more than 225 million, divided into over 345,000 deals. The Saudi Parallel Equity Market Index (NOMU) ended the day gaining 227.34 points, to close at 24,506.26 points, with a valuation of more than SR 25 million and an overall tally of more than 210,000 stocks traded and divided into as many as 1,263 deals.