-- 週日，沙烏地阿拉伯證券交易所綜合指數（Tadawul All Share Index）收盤上漲0.11%，投資者正在評估中東衝突的最新進展。 美國總統川普在其Truth Social帳號上宣布，其特使史蒂夫·威特科夫和賈里德·庫許納的巴基斯坦之行已被取消。這項消息令人們對伊朗和美國近期舉行和平談判的希望變得渺茫。 此外，以色列於4月25日對黎巴嫩發動攻擊。這次襲擊的目標是真主黨，造成黎巴嫩南部四人死亡，並導致一些設施受損。 在國內，拉比格煉油和石化公司（Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical，股票代碼：SASE:2380，又稱Petro Rabigh）和Thob Al Aseel公司（股票代碼：SASE:4012）公佈了截至3月31日的三個月財務業績。 Petro Rabigh扭轉了第一季的虧損局面，而Thob Al Aseel則實現了淨利潤和收入的成長。 Petro Rabigh在報告中表示：“本季度實現淨利潤，而去年同期則錄得淨虧損，主要歸功於成品油價格走強和銷量增長帶來的產品利潤率提高。” Petro Rabigh股價收盤上漲10%，而Thob Al Aseel股價則小下跌1.59%。 同時，除週四公佈的沙烏地阿拉伯第一季GDP成長率初步數據以及3月的M3貨幣供應量和私人銀行貸款數據外，當地經濟數據基本上清淡。
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