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RIYADH: ������Ƶ’s Tadawul All Share Index closed higher on Monday, rising 16.46 points, or 0.15 percent, to end the session at 10,981.17.

The total trading value on the main market reached SR4.3 billion ($1.1 billion), with 95 stocks advancing and 148 declining. 

The MSCI Tadawul 30 Index also rallied, adding 3.86 points, or 0.27 percent, to finish at 1,408.88. 

The Kingdom’s parallel market Nomu slipped 82.58 points, or 0.30 percent, to close at 27,080.02. Of the listed stocks, 38 gained while 44 fell. 

The best-performing stock on the main market was SHL Finance Co., whose shares jumped 10 percent to SR23.87. 

Other notable gainers included Salama Cooperative Insurance Co., up 5.58 percent to SR13.62, Miahona Co. Limited, which gained 5.23 percent to SR26.94, Alamar Foods Co., rising 5.17 percent to SR53.95, and Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair Co., which climbed 4.92 percent to SR31.16. 

On the downside, Sahara International Petrochemical Co. posted the steepest drop of the day, falling 5.69 percent to SR17.90.  

Saudi Azm for Communication and Information Technology Co. declined 5.42 percent to SR 28.60, Alistithmar AREIC Diversified REIT Fund slipped 4.92 percent to SR 8.70, Wafrah for Industry and Development Co. fell 4.63 percent to SR27.20, and Riyadh Cables Group Co. dropped 4.13 percent to SR130. 

On the announcement front, Sports Clubs Co. is set to make its trading debut on ������Ƶ’s main market on July 22. 

The listing follows an initial public offering in which Sports Clubs floated 34.32 million shares, representing 33 percent of its issued capital, at a nominal value of SR1 each.  

Demand saw the individual tranche oversubscribed by 5.3 times, with investors guaranteed a minimum allotment of ten shares. 

To help stabilize the share price in early trading, the bourse has set a plus or minus 30 percent daily price limit and a 10 percent static limit. 

Founded in 1994, Sports Clubs operates a network of 56 branches across 18 Saudi cities.  

Its portfolio includes 41 Body Masters men’s gyms, a brand established decades ago, and 15 Body Motions women’s clubs, introduced four years ago as part of the company’s gender-segmented expansion strategy. 

RIYADH: ������Ƶ’s crude oil exports rose to 6.19 million barrels per day in May, an annual increase of 1.19 percent, according to the Joint Organizations Data Initiative. 

The rise was driven by increased production, which also climbed during the month, rising by 2.12 percent year on year to 9.18 million bpd. 

This marks a continuation of the Kingdom’s phased dialling up of output as OPEC+ producers gradually unwind voluntary cuts introduced in previous years. 

The JODI figures come amid broader market developments in the global oil sector. Earlier this month, eight key OPEC+ producers, including ������Ƶ, Russia, and the UAE, agreed to accelerate their phased output increases, announcing a larger-than-expected 548,000 bpd production hike for August.   

The decision, taken during a virtual meeting, reflects confidence in global economic resilience and healthy market fundamentals, according to the OPEC Secretariat. 

The eight-nation subset of the alliance has been gradually reversing 2.2 million bpd of voluntary production cuts separate from the bloc’s formal policy, with ������Ƶ playing a leading role. 

This follows earlier monthly hikes of 411,000 bpd in May, June, and July, with a new, steeper increase slated for August. 

������Ƶ’s refined oil exports saw a sharper uptick, growing by 12.12 percent to reach 1.37 million bpd in May. 

This growth was largely driven by a 25 percent year-on-year surge in shipments of motor and aviation gasoline, which reached 325,000 bpd. Despite this increase, other major refined components recorded declines — gas diesel exports fell 2.62 percent to 594,000 bpd, while fuel oil shipments dropped 3 percent to 161,000 bpd. 

Gas diesel remained the dominant component of refined exports, accounting for 43 percent of the total, followed by motor and aviation fuels at 24 percent, and fuel oil at 12 percent. 

Refinery crude output in the Kingdom declined by 7.64 percent year on year, settling at 2.72 million bpd. 

Direct crude burn, the use of crude oil for domestic power generation, rose by 23 percent in May compared to the same month of 2024, reaching 48,000 bpd, according to JODI. 

This year-on-year increase is likely driven by a combination of factors, including the continued population growth across the Kingdom, which has expanded residential and commercial power consumption.