Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Energy & Utilities and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050), which rose 10.18% or 1.70 points to trade at 18.40 at the close. Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance (SE:8100) added 9.94% or 1.60 points to end at 17.70 and Al-Jouf Agriculture Development Co (SE:6070) was up 8.45% or 2.50 points to 32.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Int Transportation Company (SE:4260), which lost 2.48% or 0.93 points to trade at 36.50 in late trade. Samba Financial Group (SE:1090) declined 1.36% or 0.30 points to end at 21.70 and Saudi Telecom (SE:7010) shed 1.16% or 0.75 points to 63.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 33 and 35 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.65% or 0.29 to $44.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.69% or 0.31 to hit $45.32 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.43% or 18.25 to trade at $1290.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.04% to 4.2769, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 93.83.