Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Industrial Investment and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 9.68% or 4.50 points to trade at 51.00 at the close. Al-Tayyar Travel Group Holding Co. (SE:1810) added 9.57% or 6.75 points to end at 77.25 and Kingdom Holding Company (SE:4280) was up 4.89% or 0.85 points to 18.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which lost 5.57% or 1.60 points to trade at 27.10 in late trade. Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100) declined 5.18% or 5.00 points to end at 91.50 and Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040) shed 4.93% or 2.30 points to 44.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 144 to 22 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.07% or 0.82 to $40.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.52% or 1.07 to hit $43.56 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.39% or 4.10 to trade at $1057.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 1.08% to 4.0263, while USD/SAR fell 0.06% to 3.7492.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.10% at 98.94.