Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Agriculture & Food and Energy & Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Anb Insurance (SE:8011), which rose 9.95% or 2.16 points to trade at 23.86 at the close. Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE:8150) added 5.94% or 1.08 points to end at 19.26 and The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) was up 4.35% or 0.70 points to 16.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which lost 9.93% or 3.75 points to trade at 34.00 in late trade. Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) declined 7.79% or 2.15 points to end at 25.45 and HSBC Amanah Saudi 20 shed 5.99% or 1.95 points to 30.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 61 and 12 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.02% or 0.47 to $45.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.56% or 0.85 to hit $53.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 8.95 to trade at $1258.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.71% to 4.2650, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7518.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.79% at 96.483.