Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Media & Publishing and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Food Products Co. (SE:2100), which rose 9.91% or 1.50 points to trade at 16.64 at the close. Al Yamamah Steel Industries Co (SE:1304) added 3.01% or 0.58 points to end at 19.84 and Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) was up 2.27% or 0.28 points to 12.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SE:2350), which lost 4.63% or 0.68 points to trade at 14.02 in late trade. Zamil Industrial Investment Co (SE:2240) declined 4.05% or 0.78 points to end at 18.50 and The Company for Coop. Insurance (SE:8010) shed 2.91% or 1.80 points to 60.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 134 to 41 and 13 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.68% or 1.01 to $58.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $66.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1318.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.03% to 4.2433, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.097.