Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Media & Publishing and Real Estate Development sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061), which rose 9.89% or 1.49 points to trade at 16.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) added 4.20% or 0.37 points to end at 9.19 and Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040) was up 3.03% or 0.79 points to 26.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100), which fell 6.41% or 5.33 points to trade at 77.80 at the close. Saudi Electricity Company (SE:5110) declined 5.13% or 1.18 points to end at 21.80 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) was down 3.16% or 1.00 points to 30.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 89 to 84 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.42% or 0.24 to $56.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $62.29 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.90% or 11.20 to trade at $1259.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.12% to 4.4406, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7495.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.33.