Riyadh, February 19 (QNA) - The main Saudi stock index closed Thursday down 208.20 points at 10,947.25 points, with trading valued at SAR 4.8 billion.

The volume of shares traded reached 254 million, with 14 companies seeing their share prices rise, while 253 companies saw their share prices decline.

The parallel Saudi stock index (Nomu) also closed lower, dropping 217.90 points to 23,404.75 points, with trading valued at SAR 17 million and a volume of over 1.8 million shares traded. (QNA)