Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Cement and Industrial Investment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Sahara (SE:2260), which rose 4.66% or 0.86 points to trade at 19.30 at the close. Meanwhile, United Electronics Company (SE:4003) added 4.32% or 2.50 points to end at 60.40 and Tabuk Cement Co. (SE:3090) was up 3.67% or 0.50 points to 14.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061), which fell 2.07% or 0.24 points to trade at 11.34 at the close. Alujain Corporation (SE:2170) declined 1.85% or 0.60 points to end at 31.90 and Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) was down 1.84% or 0.42 points to 22.38.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 89 to 73 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $68.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.56% or 0.41 to hit $72.99 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 7.90 to trade at $1231.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.68% to 4.3955, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.77% at 94.25.