Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the were Rasan Information Technology (TADAWUL:), which rose 10.00% or 6.20 points to trade at 68.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Arabian Mills for Food Products (TADAWUL:) added 2.95% or 1.70 points to end at 59.30 and Al Taiseer Group TALCO Industrial Company SCJSC (TADAWUL:) was up 2.38% or 1.30 points to 56.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:), which fell 6.67% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.28 at the close. Umm Al-Qura (TADAWUL:) declined 3.78% or 0.64 points to end at 16.30 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:) was down 3.31% or 0.44 points to 12.86.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 200 to 91 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.76% or 0.54 to $71.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.68% or 0.51 to hit $75.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 22.65 to trade at $2,752.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.26% to 4.06, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 104.08.
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