Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Petrochemicals, Telecoms & IT and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Tabuk Agriculture Development Co (SE:6040), which rose 8.55% or 0.73 points to trade at 9.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Alinma Bank (SE:1150) added 6.49% or 1.56 points to end at 25.60 and Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (SE:1214) was up 5.66% or 0.60 points to 11.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arab National Bank (SE:1080), which fell 3.69% or 1.00 points to trade at 26.10 at the close. Alujain Corporation (SE:2170) declined 2.70% or 0.75 points to end at 27.05 and Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SE:1320) was down 2.30% or 0.44 points to 18.66.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 121 to 64 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (SE:1214) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.66% or 0.60 to 11.20.
Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $59.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.14% or 0.73 to hit $64.93 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 7.90 to trade at $1480.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.04% to 4.1712, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 96.745.