Riyadh, March 26 (QNA) - The main Saudi stock index closed Thursday up 10.40 points, reaching 11,090.33 points, with trading valued at SAR 5.4 billion.

The volume of shares traded reached 263 million, with 139 companies seeing their share prices rise and 116 companies experiencing declines.

The parallel Saudi stock market index (Nomu) also closed higher today, gaining 167.38 points to reach 22,719.17 points, with trading valued at SAR 17 million and a volume of over 2 million shares traded. (QNA)