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At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Bupa Arabia for Coop. Insurance (TADAWUL:8210), which rose 6.95% or 9.60 points to trade at 147.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Arab National Bank (TADAWUL:1080) added 5.72% or 1.80 points to end at 33.25 and The Qassim Cement Co (TADAWUL:3040) was up 4.91% or 2.80 points to 59.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (TADAWUL:8180), which fell 3.87% or 0.54 points to trade at 13.40 at the close. Walaa Cooperative Insurance Company SJSC (TADAWUL:8060) declined 3.55% or 0.54 points to end at 14.66 and Sedco Capital REIT (TADAWUL:4344) was down 3.21% or 0.34 points to 10.24.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 119 to 118 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.35% or 0.28 to $79.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.28% or 0.24 to hit $84.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 10.35 to trade at $1,812.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.13% to 4.00, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 103.80.
