Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Building & Construction and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130), which lost 5.67% or 1.22 points to trade at 20.30 in late trade. The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060) declined 2.61% or 0.78 points to end at 29.10 and BANK ALBILAD (SE:1140) shed 2.44% or 0.56 points to 22.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 92 to 92 and 2 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.19% or 0.13 to $66.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $71.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.95% or 12.90 to trade at $1347.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.42% to 4.6186, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7494.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 89.57.