Closing bell: TASI dips 24 points as investors get cold feet 

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s benchmark index slipped on Thursday as global inflation indicators showed no signs of abating, and fears of its impact on oil demand cast a shadow on the market. 

Tadawul All Share Index closed 24.6 points — or 0.23 percent – lower to end at 10,548.45. 

MSCI Tadawul 30 Index fell 0.13 percent to 1,444.35, and the parallel market Nomu slumped 0.78 percent to 19,258.52. 

TASI’s total trading turnover of the benchmark index was SR4.01 billion ($1.07 billion) as 90 stocks of the listed 224 advanced and 122 receded.