Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Agriculture & Food and Energy & Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 8.13% or 5.20 points to trade at 69.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) added 3.54% or 1.60 points to end at 46.80 and The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060) was up 3.30% or 0.85 points to 26.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240), which fell 4.71% or 2.25 points to trade at 45.55 at the close. Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE:6060) declined 4.25% or 2.20 points to end at 49.60 and Taleem REIT Fund (SE:4333) was down 4.11% or 0.64 points to 14.94.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 99 to 69 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.49% or 0.23 to $46.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.38% or 0.19 to hit $50.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 8.13 to trade at $1291.03 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.56% to 4.3882, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7498.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.77.