Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Energy & Utilities and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 1.20% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Bank AlJazira (SE:1020), which rose 9.85% or 1.30 points to trade at 14.50 at the close. Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) added 4.69% or 0.90 points to end at 20.10 and United Electronics Company (SE:4003) was up 2.86% or 0.80 points to 28.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi United Cooperative Insurance (SE:8060), which lost 5.53% or 1.45 points to trade at 24.75 in late trade. Bawan (SE:1302) declined 4.83% or 0.95 points to end at 18.70 and Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) shed 4.53% or 0.55 points to 11.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 154 to 14 and 9 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.79% or 0.88 to $48.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.71% or 0.89 to hit $51.30 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1204.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.88% to 4.0020, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 101.38.