Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Media & Publishing and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 1.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210), which rose 9.98% or 1.74 points to trade at 19.18 at the close. Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) added 9.97% or 1.42 points to end at 15.66 and Astra Industrial Group (SE:1212) was up 9.97% or 1.81 points to 19.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HSBC Amanah Saudi 20, which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 30.35 in late trade. Falcom Petrochemical unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 29.80 and Musharaka REIT (SE:4335) gained 0.12% or 0.01 points to 8.61.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 184 to 2 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.39% or 0.26 to $67.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.55 to hit $72.57 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.90 to trade at $1347.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.01% to 4.6243, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7496.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.51.