Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Financial Services and Cement sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Rajhi Bank (SE:1120), which rose 5.14% or 4.50 points to trade at 92.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Advanced Industries Co. (SE:2120) added 5.00% or 0.66 points to end at 13.86 and Almarai Company (SE:2280) was up 4.95% or 2.40 points to 50.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AlJazira Mawten REIT (SE:4331), which fell 3.38% or 0.48 points to trade at 13.72 at the close. Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300) declined 2.03% or 0.28 points to end at 13.50 and Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE:2270) was down 1.70% or 1.80 points to 104.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 103 to 61 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Al Rajhi Bank (SE:1120) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.14% or 4.50 to 92.00.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.59% or 1.22 to $48.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.61% or 1.46 to hit $57.41 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.15 to trade at $1286.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.03% to 4.2741, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.757.