Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Energy & Utilities and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210), which rose 9.59% or 0.35 points to trade at 4.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Umm Al-Qura (SE:3005) added 5.22% or 1.05 points to end at 21.15 and Arabia Insurance Cooperative Co (SE:8160) was up 4.38% or 0.55 points to 13.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Knowledge Economic City (SE:4310), which fell 3.76% or 0.80 points to trade at 20.50 at the close. Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) declined 3.21% or 0.45 points to end at 13.55 and Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co (SE:8290) was down 2.72% or 0.25 points to 8.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 99 to 52 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.64% or 0.34 to $53.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.91% or 0.50 to hit $55.58 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.05% or 12.55 to trade at $1185.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.44% to 4.0134, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 100.43.