Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Telecoms & IT and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Tourism Enterprise Co. (SE:4170), which rose 8.53% or 2.50 points to trade at 31.80 at the close. Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) added 5.97% or 1.95 points to end at 34.60 and AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) was up 4.55% or 1.00 points to 23.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HSBC Amanah Saudi 20, which lost 6.20% or 2.05 points to trade at 31.00 in late trade. Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110) declined 4.40% or 1.15 points to end at 25.00 and Halwani Bros (SE:6001) shed 2.34% or 1.15 points to 48.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 72 and 12 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.10% or 0.07 to $67.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.69% or 0.53 to hit $77.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1201.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.59% to 4.3340, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 95.38.