Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Petrochemicals, Insurance and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Trade Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8170), which rose 8.00% or 1.94 points to trade at 26.20 at the close. Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) added 7.27% or 7.10 points to end at 104.80 and Alinma Bank (SE:1150) was up 5.95% or 1.24 points to 22.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007), which lost 2.77% or 0.70 points to trade at 24.60 in late trade. Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE:6060) declined 0.97% or 0.50 points to end at 51.00 and Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co. (SE:2020) shed 0.63% or 0.50 points to 79.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 166 to 13 and 6 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.46% or 0.75 to $50.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.20% or 0.72 to hit $59.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1227.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.62% to 4.2468, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7520.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 97.120.