Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Middle East Paper Co (SE:1202), which rose 8.36% or 1.86 points to trade at 24.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Pharmaceutical Appliances (SE:2070) added 5.01% or 1.55 points to end at 32.50 and Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200) was up 4.08% or 0.34 points to 8.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040), which fell 4.59% or 1.30 points to trade at 27.05 at the close. The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060) declined 3.56% or 1.20 points to end at 32.50 and Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) was down 2.90% or 0.62 points to 20.78.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 90 to 77 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.59% or 1.30 to 27.05.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.88% or 0.57 to $65.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.00% or 0.75 to hit $76.11 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.70 to trade at $1305.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.53% to 4.4381, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.29.