Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Hotels&Tourism, Retail and Telecoms&IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330), which rose 10.00% or 0.43 points to trade at 4.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Food Products Co. (SE:2100) added 4.60% or 0.66 points to end at 15.02 and The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) was up 3.35% or 0.56 points to 17.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040), which fell 3.59% or 0.74 points to trade at 19.86 at the close. Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co. (SE:2020) declined 3.14% or 2.50 points to end at 77.00 and Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) was down 2.88% or 0.36 points to 12.14.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 113 to 64 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.26% or 0.15 to $58.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $67.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.21% or 15.85 to trade at $1293.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.25% to 4.2362, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.792.
