Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Agriculture & Food and Energy & Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Anb Insurance (SE:8011), which rose 9.95% or 2.16 points to trade at 23.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE:8150) added 5.94% or 1.08 points to end at 19.26 and The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) was up 4.35% or 0.70 points to 16.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which fell 9.93% or 3.75 points to trade at 34.00 at the close. Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) declined 7.79% or 2.15 points to end at 25.45 and HSBC Amanah Saudi 20 was down 5.99% or 1.95 points to 30.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 111 to 61 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.02% or 0.47 to $45.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.56% or 0.85 to hit $53.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 8.95 to trade at $1258.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.71% to 4.2650, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7518.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.79% at 96.483.