Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Insurance and Energy & Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (TADAWUL:8270), which rose 9.96% or 1.82 points to trade at 20.10 at the close. Arriyadh Development Co. (TADAWUL:4150) added 9.34% or 2.95 points to end at 34.55 and Wataniya Insurance Company (TADAWUL:8300) was up 8.00% or 1.72 points to 23.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which lost 4.00% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.48 in late trade. Saudi Cable Company (TADAWUL:2110) declined 2.94% or 3.00 points to end at 99.20 and Almarai Company (TADAWUL:2280) shed 2.46% or 1.40 points to 55.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 182 to 121 and 28 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.92% or 0.64 to $70.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $73.79 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% or 17.40 to trade at $2,636.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.26% to 3.91, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 107.79.