Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Petrochemicals and Cement sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061), which rose 4.47% or 0.62 points to trade at 14.48 at the close. Meanwhile, ALAHLI TAKAFUL COMPANY (SE:8130) added 3.85% or 1.00 points to end at 27.00 and Bupa Arabia for Coop. Insurance (SE:8210) was up 3.05% or 2.13 points to 72.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which fell 9.96% or 7.90 points to trade at 71.40 at the close. Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (SE:2290) declined 5.15% or 3.50 points to end at 64.50 and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) was down 4.61% or 4.20 points to 87.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 147 to 29 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bupa Arabia for Coop. Insurance (SE:8210) rose to 3-years lows; up 3.05% or 2.13 to 72.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 7.71% or 4.21 to $50.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $59.04 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1229.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.57% to 4.2556, while USD/SAR rose 0.04% to 3.7544.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 96.847.