Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Retail and Energy & Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030), which rose 9.69% or 2.80 points to trade at 31.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Gulf General Cooperative Insurance (SE:8260) added 9.36% or 1.25 points to end at 14.60 and Saudi vitrified clay pipes co. (SE:2360) was up 7.72% or 4.75 points to 66.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Real Estate Co. (SE:4020), which fell 3.82% or 0.80 points to trade at 20.15 at the close. Red Sea Housing Services Company (SE:4230) declined 3.46% or 0.90 points to end at 25.10 and Astra Industrial Group (SE:1212) was down 2.97% or 0.45 points to 14.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 89 to 62 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.27% or 0.58 to $46.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.37% or 0.64 to hit $47.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1226.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.23% to 4.0182, while USD/SAR fell 0.42% to 3.7517.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 100.24.