Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Real Estate Development and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240), which rose 4.68% or 1.90 points to trade at 42.50 at the close. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) added 4.20% or 1.50 points to end at 37.20 and Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) was up 3.49% or 0.84 points to 24.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ALAHLI TAKAFUL COMPANY (SE:8130), which lost 5.42% or 2.05 points to trade at 35.75 in late trade. United Electronics Company (SE:4003) declined 4.23% or 1.45 points to end at 32.85 and Saudi Electricity Company (SE:5110) shed 3.43% or 0.86 points to 24.24.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 59 and 8 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.57% or 0.71 to $45.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.44% or 0.69 to hit $48.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.43 to trade at $1226.13 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.30% to 4.2702, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 95.75.