Riyadh, June 08 (QNA) - The main index of the Saudi stock market closed higher on Monday, up by 44.29 points to reach 10,973.08 points, with a total trading volume of SAR 5.7 billion.

A total of 268 million shares were traded, with stocks from 96 companies seeing an increase in value, while shares from 164 companies declined.

Meanwhile, the parallel market index (Nomu) closed lower, losing 239.14 points to reach 22,750.48 points, with a trading volume of SAR 15 million and more than 1.1 million shares exchanged. (QNA)