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At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110), which rose 3.23% or 0.62 points to trade at 19.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250) added 2.87% or 0.95 points to end at 34.00 and Taiba Holding Co. (SE:4090) was up 2.58% or 0.85 points to 33.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Middle East Paper Co (SE:1202), which fell 4.05% or 2.10 points to trade at 49.70 at the close. Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE:2190) declined 2.75% or 0.90 points to end at 31.85 and Riyad Bank (SE:1010) was down 2.38% or 0.80 points to 32.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 140 to 69 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.75% or 0.66 to $87.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.73% or 0.65 to hit $88.82 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 6.45 to trade at $1803.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.66% to 4.2681, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7516.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 95.665.
