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At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Mobile Telecommunications Company (SE:7030), which rose 7.73% or 0.96 points to trade at 13.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Moammar Information Systems Co CJSC (SE:7200) added 5.80% or 8.80 points to end at 160.40 and Alinma Bank (SE:1150) was up 3.28% or 0.95 points to 29.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210), which fell 6.60% or 2.85 points to trade at 40.30 at the close. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) declined 5.38% or 13.60 points to end at 239.40 and Alkhorayef Water and Power Technologies Co (SE:2081) was down 4.05% or 4.40 points to 104.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 114 to 94 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alinma Bank (SE:1150) rose to all time highs; up 3.28% or 0.95 to 29.95.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.75% or 0.65 to $87.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.71% or 0.63 to hit $89.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 10.65 to trade at $1795.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.50% to 4.2014, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7516.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 96.875.
