Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Agriculture & Food and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Savola Group (SE:2050), which rose 4.99% or 2.30 points to trade at 48.40 at the close. Saudi Electricity Company (SE:5110) added 3.79% or 0.84 points to end at 23.00 and Anb Insurance (SE:8011) was up 3.23% or 0.60 points to 19.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication (SE:7040), which lost 9.97% or 0.910 points to trade at 8.220 in late trade. Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) declined 4.04% or 1.30 points to end at 30.85 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) shed 3.23% or 1.30 points to 39.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 92 to 72 and 12 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $44.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.81% or 0.38 to hit $47.30 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.19 to trade at $1255.79 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.45% to 4.1983, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 96.87.