Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services, Retail and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007), which rose 10.00% or 2.30 points to trade at 25.30 at the close. Samba Financial Group (SE:1090) added 4.74% or 1.40 points to end at 30.95 and Halwani Bros (SE:6001) was up 4.47% or 1.95 points to 45.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Yamamah Steel Industries Co (SE:1304), which lost 5.14% or 0.78 points to trade at 14.40 in late trade. Zamil Industrial Investment Co (SE:2240) declined 3.63% or 0.64 points to end at 17.00 and Arab National Bank (SE:1080) shed 2.93% or 0.90 points to 29.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 62 and 13 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.23% or 0.62 to $50.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.83% or 0.49 to hit $59.58 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1231.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.20% to 4.2732, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7521.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.690.