Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.43%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Petrochemicals , Industrial Investment and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE: 8190 ), which rose 9.92% or 1.25 points to trade at 13.85 at the close. Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE: 6060 ) added 9.72% or 3.10 points to end at 35.00 and Anaam International Holding Group (SE: 4061 ) was up 9.15% or 1.50 points to 17.90 in late trade.

Biggest losers included The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE: 8030 ), which lost 9.80% or 1.95 points to trade at 17.95 in late trade. Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE: 2380 ) declined 9.69% or 1.40 points to end at 13.05 and Al Hokair Group (SE: 1820 ) shed 8.95% or 2.90 points to 29.50.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 109 to 43 and 24 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $47.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $50.86 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.50 to trade at $1228.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.65% to 4.0998, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 99.05.