Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services, Media & Publishing and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Yamamah Steel Industries Co (SE:1304), which rose 9.91% or 1.76 points to trade at 19.52 at the close. Mulkia Gulf Real Estate REIT (SE:4336) added 4.42% or 0.36 points to end at 8.50 and Al Mashaar REIT (SE:4337) was up 3.88% or 0.27 points to 7.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included National Com Bnk (SE:1180), which lost 2.09% or 1.10 points to trade at 51.60 in late trade. BANK ALBILAD (SE:1140) declined 2.07% or 0.60 points to end at 28.40 and Al Rajhi Bank (SE:1120) shed 2.00% or 2.00 points to 97.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 60 and 10 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.30% or 0.73 to $56.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.29% or 0.85 to hit $66.84 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1286.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.28% to 4.2275, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 97.097.