Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Hotels & Tourism and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which rose 10.24% or 2.15 points to trade at 23.15 at the close. Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020) added 9.40% or 1.40 points to end at 16.30 and Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) was up 9.30% or 0.60 points to 7.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arab National Bank (SE:1080), which lost 2.33% or 0.45 points to trade at 18.90 in late trade. The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060) declined 2.21% or 0.45 points to end at 19.95 and Saudi vitrified clay pipes co. (SE:2360) shed 1.63% or 1.50 points to 90.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 23 and 17 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $45.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $46.56 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.40% or 5.45 to trade at $1367.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.11% to 4.1455, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7513.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 96.31.