Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Real Estate Development and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Red Sea Housing Services Company (SE:4230), which rose 9.60% or 2.15 points to trade at 24.55 at the close. National Gas & Industrialization Co (SE:2080) added 6.84% or 1.60 points to end at 25.00 and Saudi Arabian Mining Company (SE:1211) was up 5.45% or 1.80 points to 34.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312), which lost 3.44% or 0.75 points to trade at 21.05 in late trade. Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) declined 2.67% or 0.20 points to end at 7.30 and Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) shed 2.13% or 0.50 points to 23.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 40 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.11% or 0.47 to $41.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.43% or 0.19 to hit $43.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.00 to trade at $1070.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.29% to 4.0085, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7496.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 99.40.