Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Investment, Energy & Utilities and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which rose 10.00% or 2.20 points to trade at 24.20 at the close. Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8120) added 9.54% or 1.32 points to end at 15.16 and Anb Insurance (SE:8011) was up 4.33% or 0.80 points to 19.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110), which lost 5.71% or 2.20 points to trade at 36.35 in late trade. Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130) declined 4.18% or 0.74 points to end at 16.98 and Southern Province Cement Co. (SE:3050) shed 4.14% or 1.55 points to 35.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 115 to 56 and 12 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.08% or 0.05 to $61.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $71.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1226.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.00% to 4.2849, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 96.04.