Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Retail, Hotels & Tourism and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110), which rose 9.50% or 0.85 points to trade at 9.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE:8230) added 7.57% or 1.60 points to end at 22.75 and Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8120) was up 5.85% or 0.55 points to 9.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SE:2350), which fell 3.74% or 0.20 points to trade at 5.15 at the close. Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) declined 3.63% or 1.50 points to end at 39.80 and Advanced Petrochemical Company (SE:2330) was down 3.46% or 1.40 points to 39.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 98 to 50 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.02 to $38.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.80% or 0.33 to hit $40.74 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.77% or 9.70 to trade at $1247.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 1.34% to 4.0720, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7499.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.00% at 98.16.