Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables & Apparel, Materials and Real Estate Management and Development sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.86% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were ADES Holding Company SJSC (TADAWUL:2382), which rose 6.97% or 0.90 points to trade at 13.82 at the close. National Gypsum Company (TADAWUL:2090) added 5.66% or 1.20 points to end at 22.40 and Zamil Industrial Investment Co (TADAWUL:2240) was up 5.42% or 2.20 points to 42.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Advanced Industries Co. (TADAWUL:2120), which fell 2.55% or 0.70 points to trade at 26.75 in late trade. Al Taiseer Group TALCO Industrial Company SCJSC (TADAWUL:4143) declined 2.27% or 1.00 points to end at 43.10 and Al Yamamah Steel Industries Co (TADAWUL:1304) down 1.96% or 0.60 points to 30.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 261 to 71 and 17 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.29% or 0.19 to $65.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.32% or 0.21 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.50 to trade at $3,343.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.42% to 4.39, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.
