Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Hotels & Tourism, Building & Construction and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Tabuk Cement Co. (SE:3090), which rose 6.49% or 0.78 points to trade at 12.80 at the close. Al-Tayyar Travel Group Holding Co. (SE:1810) added 6.16% or 1.34 points to end at 23.10 and Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002) was up 5.51% or 4.40 points to 84.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which lost 4.68% or 0.72 points to trade at 14.68 in late trade. Taiba Holding Co. (SE:4090) declined 2.86% or 0.85 points to end at 28.90 and Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200) shed 2.52% or 0.19 points to 7.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 87 to 85 and 13 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.02% or 0.73 to $72.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.74% or 0.60 to hit $81.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.92% or 11.00 to trade at $1188.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.54% to 4.3801, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 94.35.