Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Retail and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030), which rose 9.94% or 3.71 points to trade at 41.05 at the close. Astra Industrial Group (SE:1212) added 5.42% or 0.86 points to end at 16.74 and United Int Transportation Company (SE:4260) was up 3.78% or 1.38 points to 37.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which lost 4.62% or 1.21 points to trade at 25.00 in late trade. Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030) declined 4.57% or 2.68 points to end at 56.00 and Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040) shed 3.77% or 0.92 points to 23.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 68 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.16% or 0.10 to $64.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.49% or 0.34 to hit $68.42 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1324.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.12% to 4.6214, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7499.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 89.65.