Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Cement and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.82% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 10.68% or 3.15 points to trade at 32.65 at the close. Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270) added 9.79% or 1.42 points to end at 15.92 and Saudi Arabian Mining Company (SE:1211) was up 8.15% or 4.00 points to 53.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Company for Coop. Insurance (SE:8010), which lost 4.55% or 4.70 points to trade at 98.50 in late trade. Saudi Ground Services Co (SE:4031) declined 2.56% or 1.15 points to end at 43.85 and Emaar The Economic City (SE:4220) shed 2.30% or 0.36 points to 15.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 114 to 50 and 15 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.12% or 1.40 to $46.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.83% or 1.35 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.32 to trade at $1242.48 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.13% to 4.2845, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.39.