Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.59%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Hotels & Tourism and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.59%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Lazurde for Jewelry Co (TADAWUL:4011), which rose 9.40% or 1.16 points to trade at 13.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Halwani Bros (TADAWUL:6001) added 7.70% or 3.36 points to end at 47.00 and Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (TADAWUL:4300) was up 5.16% or 0.95 points to 19.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tamkeen Human Resources Co (TADAWUL:1835), which fell 3.00% or 1.70 points to trade at 54.95 at the close. Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:4240) declined 2.12% or 0.54 points to end at 24.90 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1213) was down 1.89% or 2.00 points to 104.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 248 to 96 and 18 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.81% or 1.16 to $61.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.48% or 0.99 to hit $65.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.60 to trade at $3,382.60 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.43% to 4.39, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 97.71.