Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Transport and Petrochemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040), which rose 7.59% or 1.68 points to trade at 23.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030) added 6.53% or 2.60 points to end at 42.40 and Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (SE:1214) was up 5.61% or 0.43 points to 8.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which fell 2.68% or 2.30 points to trade at 83.40 at the close. Herfy Food Services Co (SE:6002) declined 2.30% or 1.20 points to end at 50.90 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) was down 2.25% or 0.80 points to 34.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 128 to 53 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 7.59% or 1.68 to 23.80.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.38% or 0.22 to $58.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $64.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.19% or 17.85 to trade at $1524.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.20% to 4.1323, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 98.085.