Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the gained 0.26% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Kingdom Holding Company (TADAWUL:), which rose 9.80% or 0.91 points to trade at 10.20 at the close. Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:) added 9.30% or 0.04 points to end at 0.47 and Saudi Fisheries Co. (TADAWUL:) was up 7.84% or 1.78 points to 24.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AL JOUF CEMENT COMPANY (TADAWUL:), which lost 3.57% or 0.46 points to trade at 12.44 in late trade. Arabian Pipes Company (TADAWUL:) declined 2.50% or 0.34 points to end at 13.26 and Rasan Information Technology (TADAWUL:) shed 1.94% or 1.80 points to 90.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 209 to 112 and 23 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.05% or 0.04 to $74.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.27% or 0.21 to hit $77.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 13.90 to trade at $2,806.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.77% to 3.93, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 107.25.
