Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Cement, Real Estate Development and Hotels & Tourism sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Sumou Real Estate Company JSCC (TADAWUL:4323), which rose 9.98% or 4.05 points to trade at 44.65 at the close. Zamil Industrial Investment Co (TADAWUL:2240) added 6.62% or 2.10 points to end at 33.80 and Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130) was up 6.45% or 0.02 points to 0.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Makkah Construction&Development Co (TADAWUL:4100), which lost 3.04% or 3.60 points to trade at 114.80 in late trade. Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Company CJSC (TADAWUL:1322) declined 2.49% or 1.80 points to end at 70.40 and Al Etihad Cooperative Insurance Co SJSC (TADAWUL:8170) shed 2.45% or 0.44 points to 17.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 158 to 150 and 27 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.34% or 0.24 to $70.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $73.63 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 18.84 to trade at $2,737.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.01% to 3.94, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.03% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 106.32.