Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Financial Services, Agriculture & Food and Cement sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Qassim Agriculture Co. (SE:6020), which rose 8.47% or 0.94 points to trade at 12.04 at the close. Meanwhile, AL-BABTAIN POWER &TELECOM CO (SE:2320) added 4.87% or 1.02 points to end at 21.98 and Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) was up 4.04% or 0.44 points to 11.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Samba Financial Group (SE:1090), which fell 4.69% or 1.80 points to trade at 36.60 at the close. Saudi Public Transport Co. (SE:4040) declined 2.60% or 0.36 points to end at 13.50 and Advanced Petrochemical Company (SE:2330) was down 2.36% or 1.40 points to 57.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 119 to 59 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.46% or 0.24 to $52.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.21% or 0.74 to hit $62.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.65 to trade at $1345.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.58% to 4.2039, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 97.540.