#SaudiArabia shares higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.55% By Investing.com

Saudi Arabia shares higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.55% By Investing.com

Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Energy & Utilities and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.55%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Dar Al Majed Real Estate Co Ltd (TADAWUL:4326), which rose 8.62% or 0.73 points to trade at 9.20 at the close. Emaar The Economic City (TADAWUL:4220) added 8.28% or 0.77 points to end at 10.07 and National Gas & Industrialization Co (TADAWUL:2080) was up 6.56% or 4.80 points to 78.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Al Etihad Cooperative Insurance Co SJSC (TADAWUL:8170), which lost 9.93% or 0.71 points to trade at 6.44 in late trade. Marketing Home Group for Trading Co (TADAWUL:4194) declined 4.46% or 2.16 points to end at 46.22 and Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (TADAWUL:2290) shed 3.83% or 1.28 points to 32.12.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.27% or 2.18 to $98.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.26% or 3.54 to hit $106.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 30.80 to trade at $4,609.60 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.14% to 4.34, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 99.46.