Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Cement and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.19% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213), which rose 9.96% or 1.41 points to trade at 15.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030) added 8.35% or 4.09 points to end at 53.10 and Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300) was up 4.03% or 0.35 points to 9.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300), which fell 5.07% or 0.68 points to trade at 12.74 at the close. Halwani Bros (SE:6001) declined 4.82% or 2.91 points to end at 57.50 and Yanbu Cement Co. (SE:3060) was down 2.41% or 0.77 points to 31.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 99 to 84 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.55% or 1.62 to $61.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.89% or 1.29 to hit $67.04 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.50 to trade at $1337.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.32% to 4.6054, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 89.82.