Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Retail and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020), which rose 6.47% or 1.44 points to trade at 23.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) added 5.82% or 2.05 points to end at 37.25 and Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110) was up 5.70% or 3.20 points to 59.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alujain Corporation (SE:2170), which fell 2.11% or 0.50 points to trade at 23.20 at the close. AL JOUF CEMENT COMPANY (SE:3091) declined 1.83% or 0.14 points to end at 7.53 and Emaar The Economic City (SE:4220) was down 1.28% or 0.20 points to 15.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 110 to 53 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.61% or 0.29 to $47.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.66% or 0.33 to hit $50.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.57 to trade at $1241.43 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.30% to 4.3312, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.56.