Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Industrial Investment and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi vitrified clay pipes co. (SE:2360), which rose 10.00% or 4.30 points to trade at 47.30 at the close. Middle East Specialized Cables Co (SE:2370) added 5.30% or 0.42 points to end at 8.35 and Banque Saudi Fransi (SE:1050) was up 3.68% or 1.11 points to 31.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which lost 9.96% or 1.52 points to trade at 13.74 in late trade. Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) declined 9.63% or 0.78 points to end at 7.32 and Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) shed 6.70% or 0.94 points to 13.08.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 43 and 5 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.34% or 0.19 to $55.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.57% or 0.35 to hit $61.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.04 to trade at $1278.74 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.19% to 4.4139, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7498.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.83.