Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retail, Insurance and Energy & Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co (SE:8290), which rose 5.24% or 0.50 points to trade at 10.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE:8230) added 5.21% or 1.10 points to end at 22.20 and Filing & Packing Materials Co. (SE:2180) was up 3.71% or 1.50 points to 41.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Emaar The Economic City (SE:4220), which fell 5.99% or 0.95 points to trade at 14.90 at the close. Knowledge Economic City (SE:4310) declined 4.70% or 0.70 points to end at 14.20 and Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110) was down 4.46% or 0.35 points to 7.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 92 to 54 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.72% or 0.88 to $50.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.68% or 0.88 to hit $51.63 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1264.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.70% to 4.2452, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 93.97.