Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Cement and Hotels & Tourism sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 6.09% or 1.70 points to trade at 29.60 at the close. Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310) added 3.33% or 0.45 points to end at 13.95 and Saudi Ground Services Co (SE:4031) was up 3.29% or 1.40 points to 44.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020), which lost 2.84% or 0.30 points to trade at 10.25 in late trade. Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) declined 2.29% or 0.20 points to end at 8.55 and Arabian Pipes Company (SE:2200) shed 1.97% or 0.30 points to 14.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 114 to 33 and 22 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.60% or 0.73 to $46.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.33% or 0.64 to hit $48.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1347.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.63% to 4.2417, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 94.61.