Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Telecoms & IT and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 1.18% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140), which rose 9.18% or 0.45 points to trade at 5.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co (SE:8290) added 8.57% or 0.60 points to end at 7.60 and Saudi Marke (SE:4006) was up 5.49% or 1.25 points to 24.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication (SE:7040), which fell 1.64% or 0.050 points to trade at 3.000 at the close. Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE:8230) declined 1.57% or 0.40 points to end at 25.00 and ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) was down 1.21% or 0.40 points to 32.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 147 to 12 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.37% or 0.17 to $45.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.60% or 0.28 to hit $47.14 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.07% or 14.05 to trade at $1294.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.33% to 4.1479, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 97.42.