Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 1.06%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Energy&Utilities, Telecoms&IT and Agriculture&Food sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.06%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry (TADAWUL:1321), which rose 8.96% or 13.40 points to trade at 163.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mouwasat Medical Services Company (TADAWUL:4002) added 8.60% or 9.20 points to end at 116.20 and Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (TADAWUL:1214) was up 8.60% or 2.15 points to 27.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Astra Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1212), which fell 3.92% or 6.00 points to trade at 147.00 at the close. National Industrialization Co (TADAWUL:2060) declined 3.23% or 0.38 points to end at 11.38 and Saudi Arabian Mining Company (TADAWUL:1211) was down 2.60% or 1.20 points to 45.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 162 to 121 and 26 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.94% or 0.73 to $77.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.62% or 0.51 to hit $81.37 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 18.80 to trade at $2,347.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.12% to 4.07, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 104.57.