Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Financial Services and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:4230), which rose 4.30% or 2.60 points to trade at 63.00 at the close. Saudi Industrial Development Co. (TADAWUL:2130) added 2.91% or 0.85 points to end at 30.10 and The Company for Coop. Insurance (TADAWUL:8010) was up 2.80% or 4.00 points to 147.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which lost 6.90% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.27 in late trade. ARTEX Industrial Investment Co (TADAWUL:2340) declined 4.92% or 0.88 points to end at 17.00 and Anaam International Holding Group (TADAWUL:4061) shed 4.48% or 0.06 points to 1.28.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 228 to 73 and 15 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.57% or 0.40 to $70.79 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.42% or 0.31 to hit $74.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 2.05 to trade at $2,693.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.13% to 4.07, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.47.