Saudi Stock Exchange's main index ended trading higher here today, gaining 16.35 points to close at 11,571.88 points. The total value of the trading reported was SAR 8.4 billion, while the toll of shares traded was 219 million, divided into over 332,000 deals. The Saudi Parallel Equity Market Index (NOMU) ended the day losing 36.05 points, to close at 23,678.81 points, with a valuation of SAR 24 million and an overall tally of more than 240,000 stocks traded and divided into as many as 1,161 deals.