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At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al-Jouf Agriculture Development Co (SE:6070), which rose 9.92% or 4.80 points to trade at 53.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) added 9.91% or 9.20 points to end at 102.00 and Abdullah Saad Mohammed Abo Moati Stationeries Co (SE:4191) was up 9.83% or 5.20 points to 58.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC (SE:8150), which fell 8.30% or 4.50 points to trade at 49.70 at the close. The Qassim Cement Co (SE:3040) declined 3.29% or 2.90 points to end at 85.30 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) was down 2.95% or 0.62 points to 20.38.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 131 to 59 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Al-Jouf Agriculture Development Co (SE:6070) rose to 5-year highs; up 9.92% or 4.80 to 53.20. Shares in Abdullah Saad Mohammed Abo Moati Stationeries Co (SE:4191) rose to all time highs; up 9.83% or 5.20 to 58.10.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.76% or 0.44 to $57.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.66% or 0.40 to hit $60.30 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 8.85 to trade at $1843.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.39% to 4.5370, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 90.640.
