Riyadh, April 18, 2022, SPA -- The main Saudi stock index closed today, up 50.75 points, at 13,733.14 points, with transactions worth 7 billion riyals. The volume of traded shares reached 150 million shares, divided by more than 300,000 deals, in which the shares of 99 companies recorded an increase in their value, while the shares of 106 companies closed down. The Saudi Parallel Shares Index (Nomu) closed today, up 20.56 points, at 24,214.34 points, with transactions worth 29 million riyals, and the volume of traded shares reached more than 400,000 shares, divided by 1641 deals. --SPA 20:01 LOCAL TIME 17:01 GMT 0028 www.spa.gov.sa/w1722651