Saudi Arabia's bourse ended higher as gains in petrochemical stocks including Saudi Basic Industries Corp offset declines in leading financial stocks such as Samba Financial Group and SABB bank.
The all-share index ends 0.12 percent higher at 6,351 points.
SABIC ended 0.9 percent higher at 82 riyals per share while Samba fell by the same amount and SABB sheds 2.2 percent.