Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Petrochemicals, Cement and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 1.04% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310), which rose 5.80% or 1.26 points to trade at 22.98 at the close. AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) added 4.69% or 1.28 points to end at 28.55 and The Company for Coop. Insurance (SE:8010) was up 3.96% or 3.15 points to 82.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110), which lost 3.45% or 0.35 points to trade at 9.79 in late trade. Banque Saudi Fransi (SE:1050) declined 2.52% or 0.75 points to end at 29.00 and The Qassim Cement Co (SE:3040) shed 2.45% or 1.03 points to 41.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 131 to 52 and 5 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.22% or 0.14 to $63.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.03 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 11.40 to trade at $1328.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.23% to 4.5946, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7497.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 90.05.