Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Petrochemicals, Telecoms & IT and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311), which rose 9.89% or 2.80 points to trade at 31.10 at the close. Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) added 8.70% or 1.80 points to end at 22.50 and Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040) was up 5.17% or 1.35 points to 27.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280), which lost 3.02% or 1.00 points to trade at 32.15 in late trade. Mobile Telecommunications Company (SE:7030) declined 2.70% or 0.19 points to end at 6.85 and Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110) shed 2.55% or 0.95 points to 36.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 79 and 15 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.26% or 0.65 to $52.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.08% or 1.25 to hit $61.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.84% or 10.45 to trade at $1254.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.16% to 4.2748, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7517.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.650.