Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Investment, Building & Construction and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE:8190), which rose 9.48% or 1.00 points to trade at 11.55 at the close. Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110) added 9.21% or 5.25 points to end at 62.25 and Arabian Shield Coop Insurance Co (SE:8070) was up 6.33% or 1.50 points to 25.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Industrial Development Co. (SE:2130), which lost 3.42% or 0.40 points to trade at 11.30 in late trade. Tabuk Agriculture Development Co (SE:6040) declined 2.57% or 0.40 points to end at 15.15 and Alujain Corporation (SE:2170) shed 2.50% or 0.35 points to 13.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 46 and 20 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.39% or 0.62 to $45.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.64% or 0.76 to hit $47.02 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.50% or 20.15 to trade at $1323.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.15% to 4.1653, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7497.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 96.25.