Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retail, Agriculture & Food and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 4.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002), which rose 9.99% or 7.00 points to trade at 77.10 at the close. Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311) added 9.99% or 1.68 points to end at 18.50 and Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) was up 9.96% or 7.80 points to 86.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which lost 6.25% or 8.40 points to trade at 126.00 in late trade. The National Shipping Co. (SE:4030) declined 5.79% or 1.95 points to end at 31.70 and Yanbu Cement Co. (SE:3060) shed 2.30% or 0.46 points to 19.54.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 139 to 41 and 6 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.43% or 0.29 to $67.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.42% or 0.32 to hit $76.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 7.80 to trade at $1235.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.20% to 4.2820, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7520.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.12.