Riyadh: The main Saudi stock index closed higher on Tuesday, gaining 43.59 points to reach 10,595.85 points, with trading valued at SR 3.3 billion. The volume of shares traded reached 161 million, with 170 companies seeing their share prices rise, while 90 companies experienced declines.

According to Qatar News Agency, the parallel Saudi stock index, Nomu, closed lower, falling 3.33 points to 23,267.77 points. Trading on the Nomu index was valued at SR 11 million, with a volume of over 2.8 million shares traded.