Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Media & Publishing and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE:2190), which rose 4.87% or 0.70 points to trade at 15.08 at the close. Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110) added 4.63% or 1.85 points to end at 41.85 and Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Company (SE:4001) was up 3.53% or 2.47 points to 72.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Automotive Services Co. (SE:4050), which lost 13.00% or 2.34 points to trade at 15.66 in late trade. Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) declined 6.90% or 2.11 points to end at 28.45 and Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) shed 5.03% or 0.60 points to 11.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 63 and 5 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.63% or 1.17 to $70.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.39% or 1.11 to hit $78.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 9.20 to trade at $1298.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.26% to 4.3979, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.71.