Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Petrochemicals, Transport and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Alujain Corporation (SE:2170), which rose 4.14% or 2.30 points to trade at 57.80 at the close. Meanwhile, BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (SE:8270) added 3.38% or 0.76 points to end at 23.26 and Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) was up 3.08% or 1.10 points to 36.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Batic Investments and Logistics Co (SE:4110), which fell 4.57% or 1.06 points to trade at 22.16 at the close. Sadr Logistics Co (SE:1832) declined 2.84% or 2.40 points to end at 82.00 and Baazeem Trading Co (SE:4051) was down 2.34% or 2.80 points to 117.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 114 to 90 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.86% or 2.23 to $80.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.28% or 1.84 to hit $82.64 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 2.03% or 37.05 to trade at $1788.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.02% to 4.2478, while USD/SAR fell 0.04% to 3.7545.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.168.