Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.35%

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

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Emaar The Economic City (TADAWUL:4220), which rose 7.94% or 1.00 points to trade at 13.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Industrial Investment Group (TADAWUL:2250) added 6.95% or 1.30 points to end at 20.00 and Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:4230) was up 6.76% or 2.90 points to 45.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were AL-BABTAIN POWER &TELECOM CO (TADAWUL:2320), which fell 3.15% or 1.85 points to trade at 56.85 at the close. Saudi Chemical Company (TADAWUL:2230) declined 2.29% or 0.16 points to end at 6.84 and Rasan Information Technology (TADAWUL:8313) was down 2.09% or 2.00 points to 93.55.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 231 to 109 and 19 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.22% or 0.14 to $63.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $67.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.09% or 36.90 to trade at $3,418.50 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.96% to 4.40, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.92% at 97.60.