Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Investment, Building & Construction and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110), which rose 9.88% or 1.02 points to trade at 11.34 at the close. Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210) added 7.34% or 2.10 points to end at 30.70 and Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SE:1320) was up 6.02% or 1.16 points to 20.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110), which lost 8.12% or 3.20 points to trade at 36.20 in late trade. Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) declined 6.90% or 1.48 points to end at 19.98 and Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) shed 5.86% or 0.66 points to 10.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 132 to 45 and 11 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.40% or 0.26 to $65.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.10% or 0.83 to hit $74.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.63% or 19.80 to trade at $1232.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.69% to 4.2733, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 96.25.