The main Saudi stock index closed today, up 49.08 points, at 13255.96 points, with transactions worth SAR 15.8 billion. The volume of traded shares reached 285 million shares, divided by more than 650,000 deals, in which the shares of 77 companies recorded an increase in their value, while the shares of 129 companies closed lower. The Saudi Parallel Shares Index (Nomu) closed today, down 72.51 points, at 24,142.46 points, with transactions worth 37 million riyals, and the volume of traded shares reached more than 440,000 shares, divided by 2,045 deals.