Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Real Estate Development and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:4240), which rose 9.92% or 0.94 points to trade at 10.42 at the close. Saudi Automotive Services Co. (TADAWUL:4050) added 9.91% or 6.30 points to end at 69.90 and Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:4230) was up 9.87% or 2.65 points to 29.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Taiseer Group TALCO Industrial Company SCJSC (TADAWUL:4143), which lost 1.73% or 1.00 points to trade at 56.90 in late trade. Rasan Information Technology (TADAWUL:8313) declined 1.61% or 0.90 points to end at 55.10 and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (TADAWUL:4210) shed 1.61% or 4.00 points to 245.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 218 to 75 and 23 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.91% or 0.70 to $77.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.87% or 0.69 to hit $80.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 6.50 to trade at $2,486.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.40% to 4.12, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 102.98.