Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Industrial Investment and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Public Transport Co. (SE:4040), which rose 9.93% or 1.86 points to trade at 20.60 at the close. Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110) added 9.62% or 4.98 points to end at 56.75 and Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) was up 9.59% or 1.75 points to 20.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SE:2010), which lost 4.54% or 4.07 points to trade at 85.50 in late trade. Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030) declined 3.73% or 3.01 points to end at 77.75 and Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002) shed 3.55% or 5.00 points to 136.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 123 to 43 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.19% or 0.08 to $41.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.80% or 0.38 to hit $46.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.37% or 15.40 to trade at $1143.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.43% to 4.1897, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7514.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 96.21.