Nasdaq Stock Market (XNAS) vs Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) (XSAU)
Nasdaq Stock Market and Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) compared by ISO 10383 identity, operator, trading session, settlement cycle and covered listings.
| Field | Nasdaq Stock Market | Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) |
|---|---|---|
| Operating MIC | XNAS | XSAU |
| Segment MICs | 7 | — |
| Country | United States | Saudi Arabia |
| Operator | Nasdaq, Inc. | Saudi Tadawul Group |
| Operator LEI | 549300L8X1Q78ERXFD06 | 894500BXFAWZK686TP37 |
| Trading currency | USD | SAR |
| Timezone | America/New_York | Asia/Riyadh |
| Session (local) | 09:30–16:00 | 10:00–15:00 |
| Lunch break | none | none |
| Settlement | T+1 | T+2 |
| Covered listings | 18 | 2 |
| Covered listed value ≈ | $28.4tn | $1.8tn |
| Benchmarks | Nasdaq Composite, Nasdaq-100 | TASI (Tadawul All Share Index), MT30 (MSCI Tadawul 30) |
Nasdaq Stock Market
Home of most large-cap technology listings; fully electronic since 1971.
Saudi Exchange (Tadawul)
Largest exchange in the Middle East; home listing of Saudi Aramco.
"Covered listings" counts companies in the Finance Foundation dataset, not the venue's full listing count, and "covered listed value" sums the computed market caps of those companies (close 2026-08-28) — a sum of estimates over a hand-picked set, not the venue's listed market capitalisation. The comparison is of our covered set, stated plainly. MIC data from the ISO 10383 registry, operator LEIs from GLEIF, session times compiled from each venue's published calendar. seed-0.7 · marketcap-1 · 2026-08-30 · sources.