Riyadh: The main Saudi stock index closed Monday down 44.79 points, settling at 11,183.85 points, with trading valued at SAR 4 billion.

According to Qatar News Agency, the volume of shares traded reached 235 million, with 69 companies seeing their share prices rise, while 191 companies saw their share prices decline.

The parallel Saudi stock index (Nomu) also closed lower today, falling 328.20 points to settle at 23,764.92 points. Trading on the Nomu index was valued at over SAR 19 million, with a volume of over 2.2 million shares traded.