Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Hotels & Tourism, Agriculture & Food and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Zamil Industrial Investment Co (TADAWUL:2240), which rose 8.70% or 2.35 points to trade at 29.35 at the close. Dr Soliman Abdel Kader Fakeeh (TADAWUL:4017) added 5.66% or 3.40 points to end at 63.50 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1213) was up 3.70% or 3.30 points to 92.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Cable Company (TADAWUL:2110), which lost 6.93% or 6.30 points to trade at 84.60 in late trade. Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (TADAWUL:8311) declined 4.25% or 0.58 points to end at 13.08 and Saudi Automotive Services Co. (TADAWUL:4050) shed 4.23% or 3.00 points to 68.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 177 to 122 and 30 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.49% or 0.34 to $69.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.61% or 0.44 to hit $72.74 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 4.81 to trade at $2,669.61 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.12% to 3.96, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 106.23.