Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Media & Publishing and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040), which rose 9.95% or 1.86 points to trade at 20.56 at the close. Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) added 9.90% or 8.30 points to end at 92.10 and National Gypsum Company (SE:2090) was up 5.64% or 0.64 points to 11.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included National Com Bnk (SE:1180), which lost 2.92% or 1.30 points to trade at 43.20 in late trade. Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110) declined 2.88% or 0.90 points to end at 30.40 and BANK ALBILAD (SE:1140) shed 2.70% or 0.64 points to 23.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 63 and 11 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.59% or 1.11 to $68.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.59% or 1.27 to hit $78.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1225.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.05% to 4.3118, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7517.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 95.44.