Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Multi Investment, Retail and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Alujain Corporation (SE:2170), which rose 3.22% or 0.75 points to trade at 24.05 at the close. Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE:2270) added 2.22% or 2.75 points to end at 126.50 and National Medical Care Company (SE:4005) was up 1.84% or 1.00 points to 55.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300), which lost 5.34% or 0.35 points to trade at 6.20 in late trade. Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) declined 3.54% or 1.30 points to end at 35.40 and AlJazira Mawten REIT (SE:4331) shed 3.23% or 0.70 points to 21.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 135 to 21 and 20 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.97% or 0.94 to $46.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.79% or 0.91 to hit $49.88 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.57% or 19.54 to trade at $1228.96 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.46% to 4.1005, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7513.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 99.00.