Saudi Arabia shares higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 1.22%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Media & Publishing , Cement and Hotels & Tourism sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.22%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Middle East Specialized Cables Co (SE: 2370 ), which rose 9.89% or 0.90 points to trade at 10.00 at the close. Basic Chemical Industries Co (SE: 1210 ) added 6.93% or 1.40 points to end at 21.60 and Leejam Sports Company SJSC (SE: 1830 ) was up 5.32% or 3.60 points to 71.30 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Arabia Insurance Cooperative Co (SE: 8160 ), which lost 1.75% or 0.28 points to trade at 15.76 in late trade. Red Sea Housing Services Company (SE: 4230 ) declined 1.73% or 0.24 points to end at 13.64 and National Agriculture Marketing Co. (SE: 4160 ) shed 1.36% or 0.26 points to 18.84.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 5.69% or 3.22 to $53.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 5.57% or 3.64 to hit $61.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1311.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.45% to 4.1927, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 97.675.