Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Multi Investment, Media & Publishing and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.02% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Taleem REIT Fund (SE:4333), which rose 9.87% or 1.06 points to trade at 11.80 at the close. National Agriculture Development Co (SE:6010) added 4.42% or 1.66 points to end at 39.20 and AlJazira Mawten REIT (SE:4331) was up 4.41% or 0.69 points to 16.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Red Sea Housing Services Company (SE:4230), which lost 3.03% or 0.56 points to trade at 17.92 in late trade. BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (SE:8270) declined 2.66% or 0.91 points to end at 33.35 and Arabian Pipes Company (SE:2200) shed 2.64% or 0.36 points to 13.28.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 62 and 6 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.35% or 1.51 to $65.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.49% or 19.80 to trade at $1347.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.43% to 4.6324, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7501.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 89.10.