Closing Bell: Saudi main market ends week in green

Trading turnover totaled SR3.24 billion ($864 million) with 153.19 million shares changing hands, as 123 stocks advanced and 117 declined. Shutterstock

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index closed Thursday’s trading session on a positive note, rising 36.51 points, or 0.34 percent, to 10,655.61. 
Trading turnover totaled SR3.24 billion ($864 million) with 153.19 million shares changing hands, as 123 stocks advanced and 117 declined. 
The MSCI Tadawul 30 Index also climbed, adding 6.24 points, or 0.45 percent, to 1,381.79.
In contrast, the parallel Nomu market edged down 113.44 points, or 0.44 percent, closing at 25,559.59, with 40 gainers and 48 losers. 
Leading the gains, Thimar Development Holding Co. rose 6.01 percent to SR45.50, while Saudi Fisheries Co. rose 4.21 percent to SR87.90. 
Al-Andalus Property Co., Cenomi Retail, and Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance Co. advanced 3.90 percent, 3.88 percent, and 2.86 percent, respectively. 
On the downside, Marketing Home Group for Trading Co. fell 5.66 percent to SR73.30, followed by Taiba Investments Co. down 4.37 percent and Alahli REIT 1 sliding 2.74 percent.
On the announcements front, Dr. Soliman Abdel Kader Fakeeh Hospital Co. secured two Islamic credit facilities totaling SR720 million to support operations and growth, including SR570 million with Saudi National Bank and SR150 million with Saudi Awwal Bank. Shares of Fakeeh Care closed slightly higher at SR39.86.
Ataa Educational Co. reported a 31 percent rise in net profit to SR82.8 million for the year ending July 31, 2025, up from SR63.4 million the previous year. 
Revenue grew 0.63 percent to SR640.7 million, while operational profit increased 6.57 percent to SR147.7 million, driven by higher student enrollment, increased non-recurring revenues, and a significant reduction in losses from discontinued operations. Shares of Ataa rose 1.46 percent to SR62.45.