Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Financial Services and Petrochemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which rose 5.18% or 0.65 points to trade at 13.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Samba Financial Group (SE:1090) added 4.26% or 0.75 points to end at 18.35 and Arabia Insurance Cooperative Co (SE:8160) was up 4.08% or 0.50 points to 12.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tabuk Agriculture Development Co (SE:6040), which fell 7.89% or 1.25 points to trade at 14.60 at the close. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) declined 6.73% or 2.70 points to end at 37.40 and Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300) was down 5.91% or 0.75 points to 11.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 92 to 60 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.34% or 0.14 to $40.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.77% or 0.33 to hit $42.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.75 to trade at $1369.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.21% to 4.1896, while USD/SAR rose 0.30% to 3.7610.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 95.70.