Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Retail, Financial Services and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Kingdom Holding Company (SE:4280), which rose 4.30% or 0.37 points to trade at 8.97 at the close. Yamamah Saudi Cement Co. (SE:3020) added 3.15% or 0.46 points to end at 15.06 and The Qassim Cement Co (SE:3040) was up 3.13% or 1.20 points to 39.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE:8190), which lost 2.95% or 0.38 points to trade at 12.50 in late trade. The Saudi Investment Bank (SE:1030) declined 2.21% or 0.46 points to end at 20.32 and Samba Financial Group (SE:1090) shed 2.20% or 0.85 points to 37.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 62 and 23 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.11% or 0.06 to $52.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.75% or 0.46 to hit $62.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.15 to trade at $1318.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.03% to 4.2492, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.417.