Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Hotels & Tourism, Multi Investment and Media & Publishing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al-Tayyar Travel Group Holding Co. (SE:1810), which rose 9.32% or 3.00 points to trade at 35.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) added 6.58% or 2.00 points to end at 32.40 and Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270) was up 4.45% or 0.75 points to 17.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Qassim Cement Co (SE:3040), which fell 1.71% or 1.00 points to trade at 57.50 at the close. Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) declined 1.56% or 0.20 points to end at 12.60 and Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) was down 1.29% or 0.25 points to 19.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 113 to 32 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.50% or 0.81 to $53.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.42% or 0.80 to hit $55.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 9.25 to trade at $1240.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.31% to 3.9427, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 102.05.