Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Retail and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Alujain Corporation (SE:2170), which rose 6.69% or 1.60 points to trade at 25.50 at the close. National Agriculture Development Co (SE:6010) added 6.69% or 1.90 points to end at 30.30 and Saudi Industrial Development Co. (SE:2130) was up 4.02% or 0.45 points to 11.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312), which lost 3.61% or 1.00 points to trade at 26.70 in late trade. Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co (SE:8290) declined 2.92% or 0.55 points to end at 18.30 and Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) shed 2.77% or 1.10 points to 38.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 41 and 26 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.20% or 0.59 to $48.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.07% or 0.56 to hit $51.65 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.52 to trade at $1257.18 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.41% to 4.1683, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 97.56.