Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Agriculture & Food and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.41% to hit a new 3-years high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE:2270), which rose 6.60% or 7.00 points to trade at 113.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Lazurde for Jewelry Co (SE:4011) added 5.68% or 0.94 points to end at 17.48 and Saudi Industrial Development Co. (SE:2130) was up 4.73% or 0.40 points to 8.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Ground Services Co (SE:4031), which fell 2.15% or 0.65 points to trade at 29.55 at the close. Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) declined 2.03% or 1.20 points to end at 57.90 and United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE:8190) was down 1.98% or 0.22 points to 10.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 90 to 79 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE:2270) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.60% or 7.00 to 113.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.27% or 0.18 to $65.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.35% or 0.26 to hit $74.83 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.15 to trade at $1283.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.05% to 4.1799, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.820.