Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 2.07%

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At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 2.07%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Wataniya Insurance Company (SE:8300), which rose 9.99% or 2.20 points to trade at 24.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002) added 9.58% or 7.30 points to end at 83.50 and Filing & Packing Materials Co. (SE:2180) was up 8.73% or 2.75 points to 34.25 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Al Aseel Co Ltd (SE:4012), which fell 0.88% or 0.40 points to trade at 45.00 at the close. Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) declined 0.85% or 0.30 points to end at 35.20 and Abdullah Saad Mohammed Abo Moati Stationeries Co (SE:4191) was down 0.62% or 0.08 points to 12.82.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 186 to 9 and 5 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.04% or 0.61 to $20.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.11% or 0.03 to hit $26.45 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.13% or 18.55 to trade at $1624.65 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.55% to 4.1274, while USD/SAR rose 0.23% to 3.7650.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 99.635.