Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services, Cement and Real Estate Development sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Astra Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1212), which rose 9.98% or 10.00 points to trade at 110.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Omran Industrial & Trading Co (TADAWUL:4141) added 7.18% or 2.80 points to end at 41.80 and Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130) was up 7.14% or 0.01 points to 0.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walaa Cooperative Insurance Company SJSC (TADAWUL:8060), which fell 3.16% or 0.54 points to trade at 16.56 at the close. ADES Holding Company SJSC (TADAWUL:2382) declined 2.79% or 0.62 points to end at 21.62 and Riyad Bank (TADAWUL:1010) was down 2.70% or 0.75 points to 27.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 131 to 131 and 25 ended unchanged.

Shares in Astra Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1212) rose to all time highs; up 9.98% or 10.00 to 110.20.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.84% or 0.65 to $76.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.82% or 0.67 to hit $81.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.55 to trade at $1,993.35 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.27% to 4.09, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 103.64.