Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Retail and Media & Publishing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Etihad Etisalat Co (SE:7020), which rose 5.48% or 0.78 points to trade at 15.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Trade Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8170) added 3.65% or 0.70 points to end at 19.88 and Sahara (SE:2260) was up 3.63% or 0.58 points to 16.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100), which fell 3.11% or 2.61 points to trade at 81.20 at the close. Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200) declined 2.26% or 0.18 points to end at 7.77 and Middle East Specialized Cables Co (SE:2370) was down 1.81% or 0.16 points to 8.69.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 90 to 87 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sahara (SE:2260) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.63% or 0.58 to 16.54.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $59.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $65.92 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1291.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.34% to 4.4760, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 92.43.