Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Petrochemicals and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.73% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100), which rose 4.92% or 3.67 points to trade at 78.30 at the close. Alujain Corporation (SE:2170) added 4.24% or 0.89 points to end at 21.90 and Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004) was up 3.50% or 3.63 points to 107.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200), which lost 2.17% or 0.20 points to trade at 9.00 in late trade. Saudi Advanced Industries Co. (SE:2120) declined 1.16% or 0.16 points to end at 13.60 and Alawwal Bank (SE:1040) shed 1.01% or 0.12 points to 11.76.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 124 to 45 and 13 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.28% or 0.17 to $61.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $67.84 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 5.10 to trade at $1313.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.42% to 4.5248, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 91.65.