Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Insurance and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Methanol Chemicals Company (SE:2001), which rose 9.94% or 1.08 points to trade at 11.94 at the close. Middle East Paper Co (SE:1202) added 4.85% or 1.18 points to end at 25.50 and Etihad Etisalat Co (SE:7020) was up 4.42% or 0.84 points to 19.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130), which lost 10.00% or 1.96 points to trade at 17.64 in late trade. Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004) declined 9.98% or 8.80 points to end at 79.40 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) shed 9.94% or 1.34 points to 12.14.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 131 to 42 and 6 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.85% or 0.59 to $69.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $74.76 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.50 to trade at $1222.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.11% to 4.3718, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.47.