Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Industrial Investment, Petrochemicals and Hotels & Tourism sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi vitrified clay pipes co. (TADAWUL:2360), which rose 9.89% or 3.50 points to trade at 38.90 at the close. SHL Financing Company SJSC (TADAWUL:1183) added 6.43% or 1.10 points to end at 18.20 and Taiba Holding Co. (TADAWUL:4090) was up 4.97% or 1.85 points to 39.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Riyadh Cables Group Company CJSC (TADAWUL:4142), which lost 6.30% or 9.20 points to trade at 136.80 in late trade. Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (TADAWUL:1214) declined 5.15% or 1.45 points to end at 26.70 and Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group (TADAWUL:4013) shed 4.02% or 12.00 points to 286.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 187 to 121 and 29 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $69.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $72.56 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.42% or 37.00 to trade at $2,645.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.51% to 3.91, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.74% at 107.35.