Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Retail and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Etihad Etisalat Co (SE:7020), which rose 5.48% or 0.78 points to trade at 15.02 at the close. Trade Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8170) added 3.65% or 0.70 points to end at 19.88 and Sahara (SE:2260) was up 3.63% or 0.58 points to 16.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100), which lost 3.11% or 2.61 points to trade at 81.20 in late trade. Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200) declined 2.26% or 0.18 points to end at 7.77 and Middle East Specialized Cables Co (SE:2370) shed 1.81% or 0.16 points to 8.69.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 87 and 9 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $59.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $65.92 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1291.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.34% to 4.4760, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 92.44.