Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Retail, Multi Investment and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were United Electronics Company (SE:4003), which rose 10.15% or 3.75 points to trade at 40.70 at the close. Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020) added 9.80% or 2.32 points to end at 26.00 and Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE:8150) was up 5.80% or 0.80 points to 14.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi United Cooperative Insurance (SE:8060), which lost 3.44% or 1.05 points to trade at 29.45 in late trade. United Wire Factories Company (SE:1301) declined 3.04% or 0.58 points to end at 18.48 and Bupa Arabia for Coop. Insurance (SE:8210) shed 2.84% or 3.60 points to 123.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 86 to 79 and 15 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.77% or 1.30 to $45.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.88% or 1.42 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 8.98 to trade at $1254.48 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.27% to 4.3737, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7501.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.78.