Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.83%

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

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.83%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Trade Union Cooperative Insurance (SE: 8170 ), which rose 9.92% or 1.80 points to trade at 19.95 at the close. Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE: 1213 ) added 9.87% or 1.15 points to end at 12.80 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE: 8110 ) was up 9.34% or 1.55 points to 18.15 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nama Chemicals Co. (SE: 2210 ), which lost 8.14% or 0.35 points to trade at 3.95 in late trade. Arabian Shield Coop Insurance Co (SE: 8070 ) declined 5.45% or 2.85 points to end at 49.40 and BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (SE: 8270 ) shed 4.04% or 1.10 points to 26.10.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 54 and 15 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $53.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $56.83 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.73% or 8.65 to trade at $1172.65 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.72% to 3.9500, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7509.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.77% at 102.17.