Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Agriculture & Food and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 9.97% or 4.85 points to trade at 53.50 at the close. Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270) added 8.50% or 1.46 points to end at 18.64 and Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) was up 8.04% or 2.15 points to 28.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100), which lost 2.49% or 2.40 points to trade at 94.00 in late trade. Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210) declined 1.37% or 0.20 points to end at 14.42 and Eastern Province Cement Co. (SE:3080) shed 1.18% or 0.28 points to 23.52.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 48 and 11 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.00% or 0.46 to $46.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.30% or 0.63 to hit $49.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.95% or 11.58 to trade at $1228.88 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.63% to 4.3017, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 94.90.