Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Cement and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020), which rose 3.19% or 1.00 points to trade at 32.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) added 3.09% or 0.66 points to end at 22.02 and Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040) was up 2.78% or 1.70 points to 62.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zamil Industrial Investment Co (SE:2240), which fell 4.87% or 1.80 points to trade at 35.15 at the close. Arabian Cement Co (SE:3010) declined 4.67% or 2.20 points to end at 44.90 and Arabian Pipes Company (SE:2200) was down 4.62% or 0.90 points to 18.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 164 to 32 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.64% or 1.72 to $63.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.49% or 1.70 to hit $66.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.75 to trade at $1781.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.15% to 4.3850, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 93.422.