Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Telecoms & IT and Petrochemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which rose 3.91% or 0.46 points to trade at 12.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) added 3.65% or 0.42 points to end at 11.92 and Saudi Automotive Services Co. (SE:4050) was up 3.20% or 0.80 points to 25.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jabal Omar Development Company (SE:4250), which fell 4.02% or 1.05 points to trade at 25.10 at the close. Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002) declined 3.42% or 2.90 points to end at 82.00 and Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE:2380) was down 3.09% or 0.64 points to 20.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 120 to 62 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.11% or 1.16 to $53.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.51% or 0.91 to hit $59.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.28% or 19.15 to trade at $1515.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.02% to 4.1797, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 97.148.