Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Industrial Investment and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Gulf Insurance Group (TADAWUL:8250), which rose 8.35% or 2.45 points to trade at 31.80 at the close. Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance (TADAWUL:8100) added 4.61% or 0.68 points to end at 15.44 and Lazurde for Jewelry Co (TADAWUL:4011) was up 4.26% or 0.56 points to 13.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Etihad Etisalat Co (TADAWUL:7020), which lost 3.08% or 1.70 points to trade at 53.50 in late trade. Northern Region Cement Co (TADAWUL:3004) declined 1.86% or 0.17 points to end at 8.98 and Anaam International Holding Group (TADAWUL:4061) shed 1.61% or 0.02 points to 1.22.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 191 to 112 and 26 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.05% or 0.72 to $68.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $72.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 16.20 to trade at $2,681.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.25% to 3.97, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 105.83.