Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Transport, Telecoms & IT and Hotels & Tourism sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280), which rose 5.62% or 3.39 points to trade at 63.75 at the close. Meanwhile, The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) added 4.43% or 1.90 points to end at 44.80 and United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE:8190) was up 2.56% or 0.41 points to 16.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Telecom (SE:7010), which fell 2.77% or 2.02 points to trade at 71.00 at the close. Banque Saudi Fransi (SE:1050) declined 2.62% or 0.94 points to end at 34.90 and National Agriculture Development Co (SE:6010) was down 2.53% or 0.94 points to 36.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 121 to 44.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.82% or 0.40 to $48.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.17% or 0.65 to hit $54.62 a barrel, while the August Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1086.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.09% to 4.1166, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 97.34.