Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Insurance, Media & Publishing and Cement sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Food Products Co. (SE:2100), which rose 9.91% or 1.50 points to trade at 16.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Yamamah Steel Industries Co (SE:1304) added 3.01% or 0.58 points to end at 19.84 and Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) was up 2.27% or 0.28 points to 12.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SE:2350), which fell 4.63% or 0.68 points to trade at 14.02 at the close. Zamil Industrial Investment Co (SE:2240) declined 4.05% or 0.78 points to end at 18.50 and The Company for Coop. Insurance (SE:8010) was down 2.91% or 1.80 points to 60.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 134 to 41 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.68% or 1.01 to $58.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $66.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1318.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.03% to 4.2433, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.097.