Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Multi Investment, Energy & Utilities and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al-Ahsa Development Co. (SE:2140), which rose 8.67% or 1.30 points to trade at 16.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Dur Hospitality (SE:4010) added 3.97% or 0.95 points to end at 24.90 and Najran Cement Company (SE:3002) was up 3.81% or 0.45 points to 12.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200), which fell 6.21% or 0.55 points to trade at 8.30 at the close. Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) declined 3.82% or 0.50 points to end at 12.60 and Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020) was down 3.33% or 0.30 points to 8.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 85 to 61 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.83% or 0.45 to $54.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $56.31 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.65 to trade at $1258.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.15% to 3.9612, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.12.