Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Multi Investment and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030), which rose 2.38% or 1.25 points to trade at 53.75 at the close. Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110) added 2.37% or 1.25 points to end at 54.00 and Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002) was up 2.11% or 3.00 points to 145.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200), which lost 6.08% or 0.45 points to trade at 6.95 in late trade. Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) declined 4.56% or 0.75 points to end at 15.70 and Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210) shed 4.17% or 0.75 points to 17.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 29 and 36 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.95% or 0.49 to $50.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.74% or 0.40 to hit $53.56 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.08 to trade at $1256.18 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.04% to 4.2054, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.06.