Saudi Arabia shares higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.76%

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

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.76%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Tabuk Agriculture Development Co (SE: 6040 ), which rose 5.36% or 0.70 points to trade at 13.75 at the close. Takween Advanced Industries (SE: 1201 ) added 4.15% or 0.50 points to end at 12.55 and Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE: 4140 ) was up 3.34% or 1.00 points to 30.90 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Umm Al-Qura (SE: 3005 ), which lost 2.24% or 0.45 points to trade at 19.60 in late trade. Emaar The Economic City (SE: 4220 ) declined 1.59% or 0.25 points to end at 15.45 and Nama Chemicals Co. (SE: 2210 ) shed 1.03% or 0.20 points to 19.25.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 32 and 22 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $50.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.40% or 1.26 to hit $53.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.27 to trade at $1255.07 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.95% to 4.2031, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.79% at 97.00.