Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transport, Financial Services and Media & Publishing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (SE:8180), which rose 9.89% or 1.50 points to trade at 16.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Tourism Enterprise Co. (SE:4170) added 9.27% or 5.70 points to end at 67.20 and Wataniya Insurance Company (SE:8300) was up 6.76% or 3.15 points to 49.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Pharmaceutical Appliances (SE:2070), which fell 3.34% or 1.80 points to trade at 52.10 at the close. Baazeem Trading Co (SE:4051) declined 3.31% or 4.40 points to end at 128.60 and National Gypsum Company (SE:2090) was down 3.28% or 1.60 points to 47.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 121 to 77 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.69% or 0.47 to $67.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.66% or 0.47 to hit $70.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.20 to trade at $1789.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.03% to 4.4127, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 92.940.