Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Petrochemicals and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE:6060), which rose 7.10% or 6.10 points to trade at 92.00 at the close. Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310) added 4.82% or 1.55 points to end at 33.70 and The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) was up 4.82% or 2.69 points to 58.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100), which lost 2.88% or 3.36 points to trade at 113.50 in late trade. Bupa Arabia for Coop. Insurance (SE:8210) declined 2.50% or 5.70 points to end at 222.00 and Fitaihi Holding Group (SE:4180) shed 2.44% or 0.65 points to 26.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 56 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.96% or 0.54 to $56.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.63% or 1.02 to hit $63.76 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1188.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.39% to 4.0391, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 97.98.