Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services, Retail and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007), which rose 10.00% or 2.30 points to trade at 25.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Samba Financial Group (SE:1090) added 4.74% or 1.40 points to end at 30.95 and Halwani Bros (SE:6001) was up 4.47% or 1.95 points to 45.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Yamamah Steel Industries Co (SE:1304), which fell 5.14% or 0.78 points to trade at 14.40 at the close. Zamil Industrial Investment Co (SE:2240) declined 3.63% or 0.64 points to end at 17.00 and Arab National Bank (SE:1080) was down 2.93% or 0.90 points to 29.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 109 to 62 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.19% or 0.60 to $50.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.78% or 0.46 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1231.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.21% to 4.2736, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7529.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.692.