Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Media & Publishing and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061), which rose 9.89% or 1.49 points to trade at 16.56 at the close. Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) added 4.20% or 0.37 points to end at 9.19 and Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040) was up 3.03% or 0.79 points to 26.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100), which lost 6.41% or 5.33 points to trade at 77.80 in late trade. Saudi Electricity Company (SE:5110) declined 5.13% or 1.18 points to end at 21.80 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) shed 3.16% or 1.00 points to 30.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 89 to 84 and 9 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.42% or 0.24 to $56.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.22% or 0.14 to hit $62.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.91% or 11.30 to trade at $1259.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.12% to 4.4406, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7495.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.33.