
Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy&Utilities, Building&Construction and Real Estate Development sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.36% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Maharah for Human Resources (TADAWUL:1831), which rose 4.83% or 3.60 points to trade at 78.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (TADAWUL:8040) added 4.38% or 0.72 points to end at 17.14 and National Agriculture Development Co (TADAWUL:6010) was up 4.30% or 1.15 points to 27.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which fell 7.14% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.13 at the close. Riyad Bank (TADAWUL:1010) declined 1.72% or 0.50 points to end at 28.55 and Abdullah Saad Mohammed Abo Moati Stationeries Co (TADAWUL:4191) was down 1.67% or 0.50 points to 29.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 161 to 112 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maharah for Human Resources (TADAWUL:1831) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 4.83% or 3.60 to 78.20.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.12% or 0.83 to $73.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.98% or 0.78 to hit $78.76 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 8.15 to trade at $2,084.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.11% to 4.17, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 100.49.
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