The main Saudi stock index closed today, down 227.57 points, at 13505.57 points, with transactions worth 9.4 billion riyals. The volume of traded shares reached 180 million shares, divided by more than 300,000 deals, in which the shares of 47 companies recorded an increase in their value, while the shares of 157 companies closed down. The Saudi Parallel Shares Index (Nomu) closed today, down 126.18 points, at 24088.16 points, with transactions worth 33 million riyals, and the volume of traded shares amounted to more than 400,000 shares divided by 1916 deals.