Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Media & Publishing and Petrochemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303), which rose 9.89% or 2.25 points to trade at 25.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE:2380) added 9.81% or 1.05 points to end at 11.75 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) was up 9.58% or 1.25 points to 14.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi vitrified clay pipes co. (SE:2360), which fell 8.78% or 5.75 points to trade at 59.75 at the close. Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020) declined 7.60% or 0.65 points to end at 7.90 and Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE:8150) was down 6.06% or 0.90 points to 13.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 80 to 78 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.58% or 1.25 to 14.30.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.02% or 0.52 to $51.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.98% or 0.53 to hit $54.45 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.64% or 7.75 to trade at $1204.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.38% to 4.0019, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 101.02.