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At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Takween Advanced Industries (TADAWUL:1201), which rose 9.98% or 0.86 points to trade at 9.48 at the close. Meanwhile, National Metal Manufacturing Co. (TADAWUL:2220) added 9.98% or 1.70 points to end at 18.74 and Middle East Specialized Cables Co (TADAWUL:2370) was up 9.94% or 1.02 points to 11.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Kathiri Holding Co (TADAWUL:3008), which fell 2.95% or 1.80 points to trade at 59.30 at the close. Riyadh Cables Group Company CJSC (TADAWUL:4142) declined 2.86% or 1.50 points to end at 51.00 and Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (TADAWUL:4070) was down 2.84% or 1.90 points to 65.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 174 to 78 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.58% or 0.42 to $73.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.44% or 0.34 to hit $78.10 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 8.90 to trade at $1,980.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.24% to 4.06, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 102.31.
