Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Hotels & Tourism and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.76% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240), which rose 7.16% or 1.64 points to trade at 24.54 at the close. Meanwhile, ALABDULLATIF CO. (SE:2340) added 3.88% or 0.44 points to end at 11.78 and Aldrees Petroleum & Transport Svcs (SE:4200) was up 1.94% or 0.75 points to 39.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Samba Financial Group (SE:1090), which fell 4.28% or 1.40 points to trade at 31.30 at the close. The Saudi Investment Bank (SE:1030) declined 4.15% or 0.78 points to end at 18.02 and AlAhli Fund of REITs (SE:4338) was down 3.39% or 0.29 points to 8.27.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 139 to 37 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.88% or 1.69 to $56.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.21% or 1.44 to hit $63.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.26% or 18.05 to trade at $1419.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.17% to 4.1462, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 98.472.