Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Transport and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were SABB Takaful (SE:8080), which rose 5.93% or 2.70 points to trade at 48.20 at the close. Saudi Chemical Company (SE:2230) added 3.90% or 3.01 points to end at 80.25 and Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8120) was up 2.33% or 0.45 points to 19.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250), which lost 4.43% or 1.20 points to trade at 25.90 in late trade. Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance (SE:8100) declined 3.16% or 0.87 points to end at 26.70 and Fitaihi Holding Group (SE:4180) shed 3.05% or 0.84 points to 26.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 138 to 27 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.66% or 0.96 to $58.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.90% or 1.18 to hit $63.21 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.33% or 3.90 to trade at $1171.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 1.11% to 4.1681, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.93% at 96.38.