Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Building & Construction and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.83% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE:6060), which rose 10.01% or 4.40 points to trade at 48.35 at the close. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) added 8.92% or 6.00 points to end at 73.30 and Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) was up 5.52% or 1.60 points to 30.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mobile Telecommunications Company (SE:7030), which lost 5.76% or 0.54 points to trade at 8.83 in late trade. Lazurde for Jewelry Co (SE:4011) declined 4.39% or 1.00 points to end at 21.80 and Alawwal Bank (SE:1040) shed 3.97% or 0.50 points to 12.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 53 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.55% or 0.76 to $49.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.35% or 1.21 to hit $52.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 9.34 to trade at $1269.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.62% to 4.4066, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 93.20.