Saudi Arabia stocks lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 1.10%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Energy & Utilities and Real Estate Development sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 1.10%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (TADAWUL:4270), which rose 6.18% or 0.76 points to trade at 13.06 at the close. Meanwhile, The Company for Coop. Insurance (TADAWUL:8010) added 5.19% or 7.20 points to end at 146.00 and Electrical Industries Co (TADAWUL:1303) was up 2.82% or 0.20 points to 7.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Saudi Cement Company (TADAWUL:3030), which fell 5.75% or 2.65 points to trade at 43.40 at the close. Almoosa Health Co (TADAWUL:4018) declined 5.43% or 9.20 points to end at 160.20 and Saudi Awwal Bank SJSC (TADAWUL:1060) was down 5.14% or 1.80 points to 33.20.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 234 to 85 and 20 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.01% or 0.59 to $57.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.93% or 0.57 to hit $60.49 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 2.56% or 84.91 to trade at $3,234.19 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.01% to 4.25, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.75.

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The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 99.70.

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