Riyadh, April 17, 2022, SPA -- The main Saudi stock index closed today, up 61.31 points at 13,682.39 points with transactions worth 7 billion riyals. The volume of traded shares reached 170 million shares, divided by more than 350,000 deals, in which the shares of 115 companies recorded an increase in their value, while the shares of 85 companies closed down. The Saudi Parallel Shares Index (Nomu) closed today, down 224.29 points at 24193.78 points with transactions worth more than 29 million riyals, and the volume of traded shares reached more than 300,000 shares, divided by 1613 deals. --SPA 16:51 LOCAL TIME 13:51 GMT 0016 www.spa.gov.sa/w1722128