Saudi Arabia shares fall in late trade; Tadavul All Share down 0.41% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses across the sector led losses across the board.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, it lost 0.41%.

The best performers of the session were: Sumou Real Estate Company JSCC (TADAVUL: ), which rose 9.98% or 4.05 points to trade at 44.65 points at the close. Meanwhile, Zamil Industrial Investment Co ( TADAVUL: ) added 6.62% or 2.10 points to end at 33.80 and Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC ( TADAVUL: ) was up 6.45% or 0 .02 points to .33 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Makkah Construction&Development Co ( TADAVUL: ), which fell 3.04% or 3.60 points to trade at 114.80 at the close. Al Masane Al Cobra Mining CJSC ( TADAVUL: ) declined 2.49% or 1.80 points to end at 70.40 and Al Etihad Cooperative Insurance Co SJSC ( TADAVUL: ) declined 2.45% or 0.44 points to 17. 54.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising stocks on the Saudi Stock Exchange by 158 to 150, with 27 unchanged.

Shares of Zamil Industrial Investment Co ( TADAVUL: ) rose to a three-year high; rose 6.62% or 2.10 to 33.80.

Crude oil for January delivery rose 0.34% or 0.24 to $70.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for February delivery added 0.16% or 0.12 to $73.64 a barrel, while the February gold futures contract was down 0.65% or 17.84 to $2,738.86 per troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.01% at 3.94, while USD/SAR was unchanged 0.03% at 3.76.

US dollar index futures fell 0.07% to 106.32.