Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Hotels & Tourism, Retail and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.94% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Takween Advanced Industries (SE:1201), which rose 9.88% or 2.00 points to trade at 22.25 at the close. Middle East Paper Co (SE:1202) added 9.64% or 1.75 points to end at 19.90 and Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303) was up 9.38% or 2.40 points to 28.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Qassim Cement Co (SE:3040), which lost 1.92% or 1.25 points to trade at 64.00 in late trade. Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030) declined 0.82% or 0.50 points to end at 60.50 and Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 13.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 162 to 2 and 2 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.64% or 0.21 to $32.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.37% or 0.13 to hit $35.16 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.25% or 15.50 to trade at $1223.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.79% to 4.1006, while USD/SAR rose 0.04% to 3.7512.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.71% at 98.13.