Auction: 11.8 Million Shares Traded Worth SAR 314 Million

The trading screen in the Saudi market displays a session summary.

This report comes as part of a daily follow-up on the performance of the Saudi stock market.

During Tuesday's session, the auction and trading on closing price periods in the Saudi market recorded trading of 11.84 million shares worth SAR 314 million, distributed over 13,458 trades.

Argaam monitors in this daily report the difference between the initial close at exactly 3:00 pm and the final close at 3:20 pm after the end of trading on the closing price, as well as the difference in trading volume between the two closes, as the following table shows:

A table showing trading and index performance during the auction and trading on closing price periods (July 21, 2026).

Before auction

Close of auction

Change

Index (points)

10693

10699

+6

Trading value (SAR million)

3829

4143

+314

Number of shares traded (million shares)

176.73

188.57

+11.84

Number of trades

398823

412281

+13458

It is evident from the table above that the index rose by 6 points during the auction period. The following table shows the most important changes on company shares in the market:

Most rising companies during the auction period (SAR)

Company

Price before auction

Price after auction

Change

Ittihad

7.01

7.10

1.28%

Arabian Insurance

8.33

8.41

0.96%

Aslak

15.70

15.85

0.96%

Al Ramz

52.50

53.00

0.95%

National Education

124.80

125.90

0.88%

Artex

11.97

12.07

0.84%

Musharakah REIT

3.66

3.69

0.82%

Ma'aden

56.45

56.80

0.62%

Al Jouf

41.52

41.76

0.58%

Herfy

13.16

13.23

0.53%

Saudi German Health

30.30

30.46

0.53%

Halwani Bros

31.24

31.40

0.51%

Sidco Capital REIT

7.87

7.91

0.51%

AMAK

70.35

70.70

0.50%

Al Matabeen Al Rabia

4.06

4.08

0.49%

Most declining companies during the auction period (SAR)

Company

Price before auction

Price after auction

Change

Sina'at

29.90

29.48

(1.40%)

Saico

10.65

10.52

(1.22%)

Shams

15.31

15.15

(1.05%)

Jaco

12.18

12.06

(0.99%)

Sidq

16.37

16.22

(0.92%)

Tabuk Agricultural

6.83

6.77

(0.88%)

Sahl

14.70

14.58

(0.82%)

Mutatawira

15.75

15.65

(0.63%)

Walaa

9.99

9.93

(0.60%)

Avalon Pharma

60.10

59.75

(0.58%)

Aseeg

6.95

6.91

(0.58%)

Marana

7.54

7.50

(0.53%)

Al Watania

12.60

12.54

(0.48%)

Arabia

86.05

85.65

(0.46%)

Takween

4.31

4.29

(0.46%)

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It is worth noting that the closing auction period comes after the continuous trading period from 3:00 pm to 3:10 pm; during this period, investors can enter buy and sell orders, and then the trading system finds the fair price at which orders are executed after matching them in the auction period. The execution price is the closing price and the reference price for the next day.

The closing price trading session extends for ten minutes after the closing auction period from 3:10 pm to 3:20 pm for both the main market and Nomu, in addition to traded priority rights, and investors can trade during this session at the closing price resulting from the closing auction.

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The auction and trading on closing price periods aim to enable investors to adjust their positions before the end of the session. The table highlights the differences between the initial and final closes, reflecting the movement of stocks during this period. Traders focus on this data to forecast market trends.