Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Building & Construction and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Wataniya Insurance Company (SE:8300), which rose 8.31% or 3.50 points to trade at 45.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (SE:1214) added 5.73% or 1.28 points to end at 23.62 and Batic Investments and Logistics Co (SE:4110) was up 4.96% or 1.95 points to 41.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008), which fell 5.52% or 3.00 points to trade at 51.30 at the close. Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300) declined 3.98% or 2.20 points to end at 53.10 and Maharah Human Resources Co (SE:1831) was down 3.04% or 2.50 points to 79.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 128 to 72 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.30% or 0.24 to $81.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.45% or 0.37 to hit $83.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 14.15 to trade at $1862.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.08% to 4.3013, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.983.