Closing Bell: Saudi main market ends lower at 10,670 

The total trading turnover reached SR3.87 billion ($1.03 billion), with 208.26 million shares changing hands, as 61 stocks advanced while 186 declined. Shutterstock
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Updated 01 September 2025
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Closing Bell: Saudi main market ends lower at 10,670 

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index closed lower on Monday, slipping 26.33 points, or 0.25 percent, to end at 10,670.56.

The total trading turnover reached SR3.87 billion ($1.03 billion), with 208.26 million shares changing hands, as 61 stocks advanced while 186 declined.

The MSCI Tadawul 30 Index edged down 0.56 points, or 0.04 percent, to 1,381.50.

The Kingdom’s parallel market Nomu also fell, losing 9.80 points, or 0.04 percent, to settle at 25,933.23, with 36 gainers against 45 losers.

Among the top performers, Electrical Industries Co. rose 4.02 percent to SR9.31, followed by Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication Co., which gained 3.74 percent to SR111. SABIC Agri-Nutrients Co. added 3.14 percent to close at SR118.40, while Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Co. increased 2.94 percent to SR63.10. Saudi Industrial Investment Group also climbed 2.89 percent to SR19.60.

On the losing side, Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co. dropped 5.71 percent to SR6.61, while Arab National Bank slipped 4.58 percent to SR23.10. Development Works Food Co. retreated 4.35 percent to SR118.60, Qassim Cement Co. fell 3.30 percent to SR41.64, and AYYAN Investment Co. declined 3.15 percent to SR11.69.

In corporate announcements, Red Sea International Co. reported the results of its ordinary general assembly meeting held on Aug. 31, 2025. Shareholders approved a major transaction involving its subsidiary, the Fundamental Installation for Electric Work Co., in which Red Sea holds a 51 percent stake.

The deal includes offering 12 million ordinary shares of the subsidiary — equivalent to 30 percent of its share capital — through an initial public offering on the Saudi Exchange. Red Sea will retain its 51 percent holding. 

Shares of Red Sea closed 2.84 percent lower at SR43.80.

Separately, the Saudi Exchange confirmed the listing and trading of Marketing Home Group for Trading Co. on the main market effective Sept. 2, 2025. The company’s shares will have daily price fluctuation limits of 30 percent and static limits of 10 percent during the first three days, reverting to 10 percent thereafter.

Obeikan Glass Co. announced it had signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire all shareholder stakes in Obeikan AGC Co., a joint venture in which it previously held 19 percent. The SR22.9 million deal covers shares held by AGC France Holding, Obeikan Investment Group, and Saudi Advanced Industries Co. Following the acquisition, Obeikan Glass will assume full ownership of Obeikan AGC. 

Its shares ended the session down 0.57 percent at SR28.10.

Meanwhile, Jamjoom Fashion Trading Co., the Saudi apparel and lifestyle group behind brands Nayomi and Mihyar, announced the price range and launch of its initial public offering on Nomu.

The IPO price range has been set between SR140 and SR145 per share, valuing the offering at SR334 million to SR346 million and giving the company a market capitalization at listing of SR1.11 billion to SR1.15 billion.

The offering comprises 2,384,340 shares, or 30 percent of the company’s capital, owned by Kamal Osman Jamjoom Trading Co. The subscription period for qualified investors runs from Sept. 1 to 4, with allocation expected by Sept. 9 and refunds by Sept. 11.


European gas prices soar almost 50% as Iran conflict halts Qatar LNG output

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European gas prices soar almost 50% as Iran conflict halts Qatar LNG output

  • Analysts warn prolonged disruption could push prices higher
  • Some shipments of oil, LNG through Strait of Hormuz suspended
  • Benchmark Asian LNG price up almost 39 percent

LONDON: ​Benchmark Dutch and British wholesale gas prices soared by almost 50 percent on Monday, after major liquefied natural gas exporter Qatar Energy said it had halted production due to attacks in the Middle East.

Qatar, soon to cement its role as the world’s second largest LNG exporter after the US, plays a major role in balancing both Asian and European markets’ demand of LNG.

Most tanker owners, oil majors and ‌trading houses ‌have suspended crude oil, fuel and liquefied natural ​gas shipments ‌via ⁠the ​Strait of ⁠Hormuz, trade sources said, after Tehran warned ships against moving through the waterway.

Europe has increased imports of LNG over the past few years as it seeks to phase out Russian gas following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Around 20 percent of the world’s LNG transits through the Strait of Hormuz and a prolonged suspension or full closure would increase global competition for other ⁠sources of the gas, driving up prices internationally.

“Disruptions to ‌LNG flows would reignite competition between ‌Asia and Europe for available cargoes,” said ​Massimo Di Odoardo, vice president, gas ‌and LNG research at Wood Mackenzie.

The Dutch front-month contract at the ‌TTF hub, seen as a benchmark price for Europe, was up €14.56 at €46.52 per megawatt hour, or around $15.92/mmBtu, by 12:55 p.m. GMT, ICE data showed.

Prices were already some 25 percent higher earlier in the day but extended gains ‌after QatarEnergy’s production halt.

Benchmark Asian LNG prices jumped almost 39 percent on Monday morning with the S&P Global ⁠Energy Japan-Korea-Marker, widely used ⁠as an Asian LNG benchmark, at $15.068 per million British thermal units, Platts data showed.

“If LNG/gas markets start to price in an extended period of losses to Qatari LNG supply, TTF could potentially spike to 80-100 euros/MWh ($28-35/mmBtu),” Warren Patterson, head of commodities strategy at ING, said. The British April contract was up 40.83 pence at 119.40 pence per therm, ICE data showed.

Europe is also relying on LNG imports to help fill its gas storage sites which have been depleted over the winter and are currently around 30 percent full, the latest data from Gas Infrastructure ​Europe showed. In the European carbon ​market, the benchmark contract was down €1.10 at €69.17 a tonne