Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Agriculture & Food and Cement sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SE:1320), which rose 6.67% or 1.30 points to trade at 20.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Advanced Industries Co. (SE:2120) added 4.50% or 0.62 points to end at 14.40 and Qassim Agriculture Co. (SE:6020) was up 4.28% or 0.46 points to 11.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which fell 5.27% or 4.80 points to trade at 86.30 at the close. Advanced Petrochemical Company (SE:2330) declined 4.55% or 2.50 points to end at 52.50 and Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250) was down 4.24% or 0.98 points to 22.14.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 102 to 67 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Advanced Industries Co. (SE:2120) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.50% or 0.62 to 14.40.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.67% or 0.35 to $52.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.85% or 0.52 to hit $60.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.45 to trade at $1278.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.33% to 4.2534, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 96.118.