Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Multi Investment, Media & Publishing and Petrochemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Automotive Services Co. (SE:4050), which rose 6.21% or 1.10 points to trade at 18.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) added 4.51% or 1.80 points to end at 41.70 and ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) was up 4.42% or 1.90 points to 44.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210), which fell 10.14% or 0.70 points to trade at 6.20 at the close. Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310) declined 3.83% or 0.75 points to end at 18.85 and Methanol Chemicals Company (SE:2001) was down 3.61% or 0.30 points to 8.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 104 to 44 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.20% or 0.11 to $53.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $57.13 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.53% or 6.05 to trade at $1146.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.37% to 3.9217, while USD/SAR fell 0.03% to 3.7511.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 102.97.