Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 1.20%

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At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 1.20%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Hammadi Co (TADAWUL:4007), which rose 7.34% or 3.65 points to trade at 53.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (TADAWUL:6060) added 5.82% or 0.88 points to end at 16.00 and BANK ALBILAD (TADAWUL:1140) was up 5.68% or 2.10 points to 39.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (TADAWUL:2300), which fell 4.24% or 1.60 points to trade at 36.15 at the close. Al Aseel Co Ltd (TADAWUL:4012) declined 2.93% or 0.14 points to end at 4.64 and Aldrees Petroleum & Transport Svcs (TADAWUL:4200) was down 2.53% or 3.00 points to 115.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 220 to 49 and 18 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.04 to $83.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.10% or 0.09 to hit $88.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.55 to trade at $1,988.65 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.07% to 3.97, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.19.