Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Real Estate Development and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100), which rose 9.86% or 6.40 points to trade at 71.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) added 6.11% or 1.82 points to end at 31.60 and Fitaihi Holding Group (SE:4180) was up 5.89% or 0.70 points to 12.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030), which fell 2.34% or 0.72 points to trade at 30.00 at the close. Alujain Corporation (SE:2170) declined 2.00% or 0.38 points to end at 18.66 and Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303) was down 1.74% or 0.34 points to 19.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 152 to 24 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.07% or 0.04 to $57.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.32% or 0.20 to hit $63.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.38 to trade at $1292.58 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.23% to 4.4433, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.04.