Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.11%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Media&Publishing, Energy&Utilities and Industrial Investment sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.11%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Arab Sea Information Systems Co SJSC (TADAWUL:7201), which rose 8.93% or 0.57 points to trade at 6.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Pharmaceutical Appliances (TADAWUL:2070) added 4.85% or 1.65 points to end at 35.70 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1213) was up 4.36% or 2.30 points to 55.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Al Omran Industrial&Trading Co (TADAWUL:4141), which fell 8.37% or 3.50 points to trade at 38.30 at the close. Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130) declined 6.67% or 0.01 points to end at 0.14 and Development Works Food Co (TADAWUL:6013) was down 3.20% or 4.80 points to 145.20.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 147 to 119 and 28 ended unchanged.

Shares in Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1213) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.36% or 2.30 to 55.00.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.50% or 1.93 to $75.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.46% or 1.19 to hit $80.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 10.90 to trade at $2,003.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.36% to 4.11, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 103.29.