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At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Astra Industrial Group (SE:1212), which rose 8.62% or 3.80 points to trade at 47.90 at the close. Meanwhile, BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (SE:8270) added 6.97% or 1.54 points to end at 23.64 and SABB Takaful (SE:8080) was up 5.50% or 1.12 points to 21.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC (SE:8150), which fell 5.24% or 1.00 points to trade at 18.10 at the close. Bindawood Holding Co (SE:4161) declined 4.40% or 4.40 points to end at 95.50 and Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) was down 3.97% or 0.46 points to 11.14.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 119 to 103 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC (SE:8150) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.24% or 1.00 to 18.10.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.92% or 4.09 to $108.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.83% or 4.12 to hit $111.83 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.85% or 16.30 to trade at $1,928.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.59% to 4.18, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 97.87.
