Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Media & Publishing and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.86% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE:2190), which rose 6.63% or 1.10 points to trade at 17.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310) added 4.49% or 0.70 points to end at 16.30 and Umm Al-Qura (SE:3005) was up 4.31% or 0.88 points to 21.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which fell 1.41% or 0.20 points to trade at 14.00 at the close. Northern Region Cement Co (SE:3004) declined 1.23% or 0.14 points to end at 11.24 and Tabuk Cement Co. (SE:3090) was down 1.19% or 0.18 points to 14.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 125 to 52 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE:2190) rose to 5-year highs; rising 6.63% or 1.10 to 17.70. Shares in Umm Al-Qura (SE:3005) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.31% or 0.88 to 21.28.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.91% or 0.54 to $58.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.92% or 0.59 to hit $63.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.05 to trade at $1467.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.07% to 4.1488, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.620.