Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Media & Publishing and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.77% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Jabal Omar Development Company (SE:4250), which rose 3.00% or 2.00 points to trade at 68.75 at the close. Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002) added 2.07% or 3.00 points to end at 148.25 and Al-Ahsa Development Co. (SE:2140) was up 1.59% or 0.25 points to 16.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co (SE:8290), which lost 5.41% or 1.14 points to trade at 19.95 in late trade. BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (SE:8270) declined 4.65% or 1.60 points to end at 32.80 and Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) shed 4.53% or 1.50 points to 31.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 158 to 10 and 10 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.61% or 0.81 to $49.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.45% or 0.77 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 2.85 to trade at $1206.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.10% to 3.9570, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 102.10.