Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Hotels & Tourism and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Electricity Company (SE:5110), which rose 4.82% or 0.92 points to trade at 20.00 at the close. National Agriculture Development Co (SE:6010) added 3.37% or 1.12 points to end at 34.40 and Saudi United Cooperative Insurance (SE:8060) was up 2.84% or 0.49 points to 17.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110), which lost 2.92% or 1.85 points to trade at 61.50 in late trade. Tourism Enterprise Co. (SE:4170) declined 2.88% or 1.49 points to end at 50.25 and Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE:6060) shed 1.98% or 1.70 points to 84.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 82 to 81 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.31% or 0.19 to $60.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $67.31 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1220.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.39% to 4.2750, while USD/SAR fell 0.04% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 93.42.