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Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Building & Construction and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.63% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were International Company for Water and Power Projects (TADAWUL:2082), which rose 7.97% or 19.60 points to trade at 265.60 at the close. Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1213) added 6.60% or 6.60 points to end at 106.60 and Saudi Public Transport Co. (TADAWUL:4040) was up 5.64% or 0.79 points to 14.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sahara International Petrochemical Company SJSC (TADAWUL:2310), which lost 1.81% or 0.36 points to trade at 19.50 in late trade. Saudi Industrial Export Co (TADAWUL:4140) declined 1.72% or 0.04 points to end at 2.29 and Alistithmar AREIC Diversified REIT Unit (TADAWUL:4350) shed 1.42% or 0.12 points to 8.34.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 201 to 120 and 23 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.76% or 0.51 to $66.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.73% or 0.50 to hit $68.30 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 3.60 to trade at $3,346.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.19% to 4.42, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 96.82.