Saudi stock market made a record 7.12 percent growth in April, 2005. The Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) for April closed at 11,246.55 points compared with 10,499.26 for March 2005, with an increase of 7.12 percent; it reached its heights historical point as it hit 11,980.28 points April 9, setting a new benchmark. Year to-date, the index increased by 35.12 percent. Market capitalization by the end of the month reached at SR1.63 trillion ($435 billion) increasing by 10 percent compared with the market capitalization for March. The total value of shares traded in April has reached a record of SR306 billion ($81.6 billion) compared with SR282 billion from March, gaining a plus of 8 percent. Total number of shares traded in April was 869.3 million shares down from 916 million shares traded in March, dropping by 5 percent. Total transactions in April have reached 2.44 million transactions compared with 2.25 transactions for March, showing an increase of 8 percent.
