Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services, Telecoms & IT and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:4240), which rose 6.50% or 0.90 points to trade at 14.74 at the close. Abdullah Saad Mohammed Abo Moati Stationeries Co (TADAWUL:4191) added 4.42% or 1.50 points to end at 35.45 and Arabian Pipes Company (TADAWUL:2200) was up 4.10% or 0.50 points to 12.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (TADAWUL:8050), which lost 5.88% or 1.22 points to trade at 19.52 in late trade. Almoosa Health Co (TADAWUL:4018) declined 5.13% or 7.20 points to end at 133.20 and Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (TADAWUL:1214) shed 3.91% or 1.15 points to 28.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 165 to 152 and 22 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.48% or 0.35 to $73.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.51% or 0.39 to hit $76.55 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 16.86 to trade at $2,689.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.11% to 3.87, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 108.99.