The benchmark Tadawul All-Share Index making typical trough-peak combination edged higher by 2.21 percent on Wednesday.The TASI gained roughly two hundred points, closing at 9,164.44 levels.

On year-to-date basis, its yield reached near 10 percent. Large cap rose over two percent and remained prominent among market cap indices, the GulfBase said in its market commentary.

Sectoral indices all accumulated an aggregate of 2,582.14 points.

Education Minister Dr Azzam Al-Dakhil inaugurating the International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education (IECHE 2015) in Riyadh. (SPA).

Here is an opportunity for Saudi students and parents to interact directly with foreign universities and educational institutions, said Education Minister Dr Azzam Al-Dakhil on Wednesday.

The minister was speaking after inaugurating the International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education (IECHE 2015) in the capital. 

Andrew Robb, Australian minister for trade and investment, with diplomats, officials and guests at the International Exhibition & Conference on Higher Education (IECHE) in Riyadh

Andrew Robb, Australian minister for trade and investment, visited Victoria’s Study Melbourne stand at the International Exhibition & Conference on Higher Education (IECHE) in Riyadh.

He was greeted by John Butler, commissioner for Victoria in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey and Nabil Mohammed A. Al Saleh, ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Australia, along with representatives from Victoria’s leading education institutes.

Saudi students will get ample opportunities to shine, as the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) has announced the launch of 28 centers.

The centers, to be set up in TVTC-affiliated colleges and institutes, will seek to discover budding talent among the trainees, TVTC spokesman Fahd Al-Otaibi said on Sunday.

“These students will be supported all the way from germination of ideas to their implementation with technical advice and other kind of support,” he said.