Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks closed lower on Thursday; the declines of the sectors, and drove the indices downward.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the dollar fell 1.17%, hitting a new one-month low.
The best performer of the session was Saudi Cable Company (TADAWUL:), rising 5.10% or 4.50 points to close at 92.70. Meanwhile, Shatirah House Restaurant Co (TADAWUL:), which advanced 3.75%, 0.76 points, to close at 9:00 p.m., and Arab mills for food products (TADAWUL:) rose 3.08% or 1.60 points to 53.60 at the end of the session.
At the bottom of the index was Saudi Chemical Company (TADAWUL:), which fell 4.94%, or 0.52 points, to close at 10.00. Alkhaleej Training & Education Co (TADAWUL:) fell 4.90% or 1.50 points to close at 29.10 and Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:) was down 4.84% or 3.50 points, until saying goodbye at 68.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered rising ones on the Saudi Stock Exchange by 230 to 84 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery rose 0.56% or 0.38 to $68.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities, Brent oil futures for delivery in January rose 0.57% or 0.41 to settle at $72.69 a barrel, while gold futures for delivery in December fell 1. 18%, 30.50, up to $2,556.00 per troy ounce.
EUR/SAR fell 0.27% to 3.96, while USD/SAR was unchanged 0.04% to 3.76.
US dollar index futures rose 0.30% to 106.69.
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