Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Petrochemicals and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240), which rose 7.29% or 2.90 points to trade at 42.70 at the close. Bupa Arabia for Coop. Insurance (SE:8210) added 3.73% or 5.25 points to end at 146.00 and Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110) was up 3.11% or 1.75 points to 58.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310), which lost 4.35% or 0.55 points to trade at 12.10 in late trade. National Industrialization Co (SE:2060) declined 3.76% or 0.50 points to end at 12.80 and Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) shed 3.70% or 0.65 points to 16.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 127 to 27 and 14 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.47% or 0.71 to $47.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.80% or 0.88 to hit $48.05 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 2.09% or 26.65 to trade at $1247.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.17% to 4.2006, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7510.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.35.