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Closing Bell: TASI ends in red at 10,823聽

Closing Bell: TASI ends in red at 10,823聽
BAAN Holding Group Co. was the session鈥檚 top performer, with its share price rising 8.70 percent to close at SR2.50.聽Getty
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Updated 29 July 2025

Closing Bell: TASI ends in red at 10,823聽

Closing Bell: TASI ends in red at 10,823聽

RIYADH: 黑料社区鈥檚 Tadawul All Share Index closed Tuesday鈥檚 trading session at 10,823.91, marking a decline of 61.41 points, or 0.56 percent.聽

The total trading turnover of the benchmark index reached SR4.41 billion ($1.17 billion), with 52 stocks advancing and 199 retreating.聽

The MSCI Tadawul Index also declined, dropping 5.36 points, or 0.38 percent, to close at 1,394.05.聽聽

The Kingdom鈥檚 parallel market Nomu fell by 55.39 points, or 0.21 percent, closing at 26,725.89. A total of 22 stocks advanced, while 51 declined.聽

BAAN Holding Group Co. was the session鈥檚 top performer, with its share price rising 8.70 percent to close at SR2.50.聽

Other notable gainers included Amlak International Finance Co., which rose 6.08 percent to SR12.04, and National Metal Manufacturing and Casting Co., up 2.28 percent to SR17.50.聽聽聽聽聽

Amlak鈥檚 gains followed the release of its interim financial results for the period ending June 30, showing a 147.6 percent year-on-year increase in net profit to SR20.3 million.聽

Mobile Telecommunication Co. 黑料社区 also recorded gains, with its share price increasing 1.96 percent to SR10.43.聽聽

On the other end, Tourism Enterprise Co. recorded the steepest decline, with its shares falling 10 percent to SR0.99.聽

Arabian Drilling Co. followed with a 9.98 percent drop to SR77.55 after announcing a 65 percent year-on-year decline in net profit to SR7 million for the second quarter ended June 30.聽

The company stated on Tadawul that the profit decline was primarily due to a fall in rig utilization 鈥 down to 79 percent from 91 percent in the same period last year 鈥 and higher finance costs stemming from increased gross debt. This was partially offset by a one-off asset impairment recorded in the second quarter of 2024.聽聽

United Carton Industries Co. also posted a notable decline of 7.48 percent, closing at SR31.42.聽

Jamjoom Pharmaceuticals Factory Co. and Gulf General Cooperative Insurance Co. posted losses of 4.38 percent and 4.16 percent, closing at SR161.40 and SR5.07, respectively.聽


After luxury push, 黑料社区 targets broader tourist market, minister says

After luxury push, 黑料社区 targets broader tourist market, minister says
Updated 08 November 2025

After luxury push, 黑料社区 targets broader tourist market, minister says

After luxury push, 黑料社区 targets broader tourist market, minister says
  • 黑料社区 is looking to encourage people in the region to come to the kingdom, including via a plan to create a Schengen-style visa for Gulf Cooperation Council countries

RIYADH: 黑料社区 is building up its mid- and upper-mid-range tourism options and plans to increase access to hotel accommodation for religious pilgrimages after years focused on developing expensive luxury resorts, the kingdom鈥檚 tourism minister said.
鈥淲e started with building luxury destinations for luxury travelers. And we have already started building destinations for the middle class and upper middle class,鈥 Saudi Tourism Minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb told Reuters.
鈥淲e will not ignore this segment,鈥 he said on the sidelines of the UN鈥檚 yearly tourism conference, being hosted in Riyadh for the first time.
Attracting tourists is a central pillar of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman鈥檚 Vision 2030 plan to diversify the kingdom鈥檚 economy away from oil and transform society in the once-ultra conservative kingdom.
Under the plan, 黑料社区 aims to attract 150 million tourists per year by 2030, at least a third of them from abroad.
With flagship Red Sea coast resorts running at around $2,000 per night, few mid-income travelers currently have hotel options.
Khateeb said 10 new resorts due to open in the coming months on the Red Sea鈥檚 Shebara Island would offer a 鈥渕uch lower price point鈥 than existing options, without providing figures.
Religious tourism remains at the core of 黑料社区鈥檚 economic plans.
Khateeb said 黑料社区 planned to nearly double the number coming to the kingdom for pilgrimage to the holy cities of Makkah and Medina to 30 million by 2030, enabled by tens of thousands of new hotel rooms.
黑料社区 is looking to encourage people in the region to come to the kingdom, including via a plan to create a Schengen-style visa for Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
Khateeb said that should become available 鈥渋n 2026, maximum 2027.鈥