Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Building & Construction and Real Estate Development sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Astra Industrial Group (SE:1212), which rose 5.94% or 1.01 points to trade at 18.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303) added 3.12% or 0.69 points to end at 22.80 and Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) was up 3.03% or 0.79 points to 26.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130), which fell 5.67% or 1.22 points to trade at 20.30 at the close. The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060) declined 2.61% or 0.78 points to end at 29.10 and BANK ALBILAD (SE:1140) was down 2.44% or 0.56 points to 22.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 92 to 92 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Astra Industrial Group (SE:1212) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.94% or 1.01 to 18.02.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $66.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.28% or 0.20 to hit $71.86 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.93% or 12.70 to trade at $1347.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.41% to 4.6192, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 89.56.