Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Media & Publishing and Cement sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.45%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330), which fell 2.59% or 0.15 points to trade at 5.65 at the close. 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) was down 2.54% or 0.30 points to 11.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 108 to 63 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $63.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $71.79 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 0.39% to 4.2184, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 96.993.