Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retail, Industrial Investment and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Taiba Holding Co. (SE:4090), which rose 9.07% or 3.70 points to trade at 44.50 at the close. Bank AlJazira (SE:1020) added 7.77% or 1.20 points to end at 16.65 and Banque Saudi Fransi (SE:1050) was up 4.02% or 1.00 points to 25.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included National Agriculture Development Co (SE:6010), which lost 3.08% or 0.90 points to trade at 28.30 in late trade. Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250) declined 2.83% or 0.60 points to end at 20.60 and Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) shed 2.63% or 1.10 points to 40.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 62 and 28 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.73% or 0.36 to $49.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.40% or 0.21 to hit $52.75 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.20 to trade at $1244.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.36% to 4.0229, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 100.04.