Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Media & Publishing and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were The Company for Coop. Insurance (SE:8010), which rose 4.67% or 3.00 points to trade at 67.20 at the close. Zahrat Al Waha for Trading Co (SE:3007) added 4.64% or 1.95 points to end at 43.95 and BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (SE:8270) was up 3.43% or 0.80 points to 24.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330), which lost 2.59% or 0.15 points to trade at 5.65 in late trade. Aldrees Petroleum & Transport Svcs (SE:4200) declined 2.58% or 0.80 points to end at 30.20 and Al-Ahsa Development Co. (SE:2140) shed 2.54% or 0.30 points to 11.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 63 and 19 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.05% or 0.03 to $63.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $71.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1277.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.40% to 4.2182, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 96.995.