Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.02%

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At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.02%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300), which rose 9.95% or 2.90 points to trade at 32.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040) added 9.86% or 1.58 points to end at 17.56 and Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) was up 5.38% or 0.66 points to 12.92 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (SE:8180), which fell 5.88% or 0.55 points to trade at 8.81 at the close. Qassim Agriculture Co. (SE:6020) declined 4.96% or 0.70 points to end at 13.40 and Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) was down 4.00% or 1.20 points to 28.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 128 to 64 and 8 ended unchanged.

Shares in Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.95% or 2.90 to 32.05.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.98% or 0.76 to $37.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.34% or 0.55 to hit $40.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 5.05 to trade at $1731.45 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.39% to 4.2069, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7512.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 97.290.