Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Transport and Cement sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213), which rose 9.91% or 2.06 points to trade at 22.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) added 5.82% or 9.40 points to end at 171.00 and AL JOUF CEMENT COMPANY (SE:3091) was up 5.63% or 0.62 points to 11.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SE:2350), which fell 4.33% or 0.46 points to trade at 10.16 at the close. Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE:2380) declined 3.21% or 0.68 points to end at 20.48 and Taleem REIT Fund (SE:4333) was down 2.44% or 0.30 points to 12.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 103 to 83 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in AL JOUF CEMENT COMPANY (SE:3091) rose to 3-years highs; up 5.63% or 0.62 to 11.64.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.50% or 1.39 to $54.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $59.89 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 5.70 to trade at $1571.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.23% to 4.1362, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7517.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 97.688.