Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Petrochemicals, Insurance and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co. (SE:2020), which rose 4.84% or 3.00 points to trade at 65.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (SE:2290) added 2.99% or 1.30 points to end at 44.80 and Jarir Marketing Co (SE:4190) was up 2.64% or 2.75 points to 106.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SE:1320), which fell 4.63% or 0.90 points to trade at 18.55 at the close. Arabian Pipes Company (SE:2200) declined 4.28% or 0.70 points to end at 15.65 and Aljazira Takaful Taawuni Company (SE:8012) was down 4.00% or 1.10 points to 26.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 85 to 54 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.96% or 0.45 to $47.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $49.94 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.48% or 6.45 to trade at $1355.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.14% to 4.2408, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 94.50.