Saudi Arabia stocks lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.81%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Agriculture&Food, Financial Services and Retail sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.81%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which rose 7.69% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1213) added 7.54% or 3.20 points to end at 45.65 and Al Aseel Co Ltd (TADAWUL:4012) was up 7.40% or 0.33 points to 4.79 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Maharah for Human Resources (TADAWUL:1831), which fell 9.93% or 7.00 points to trade at 63.50 at the close. National Agriculture Development Co (TADAWUL:6010) declined 6.99% or 1.54 points to end at 20.48 and Arabian Contracting Services Company CJSC (TADAWUL:4071) was down 6.51% or 12.40 points to 178.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 181 to 81 and 23 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.82% or 0.62 to $75.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.80% or 0.64 to hit $80.18 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 6.25 to trade at $1,951.55 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.21% to 4.01, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 105.54.