Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Retail and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.76% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Qassim Agriculture Co. (SE:6020), which rose 6.67% or 0.50 points to trade at 8.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110) added 6.19% or 0.30 points to end at 5.15 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) was up 5.17% or 1.20 points to 24.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (SE:1214), which fell 3.66% or 0.50 points to trade at 13.15 at the close. Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) declined 2.80% or 0.15 points to end at 5.20 and Al Hokair Group (SE:1820) was down 2.49% or 0.70 points to 27.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 109 to 36 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.23% or 0.55 to $44.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.70% or 0.79 to hit $45.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.50 to trade at $1305.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.34% to 4.1794, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7519.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 96.94.