Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the Retail, Insurance and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were AlJazira Mawten REIT (SE:4331), which rose 9.82% or 1.95 points to trade at 21.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Riyad REIT (SE:4330) added 8.11% or 1.05 points to end at 14.00 and Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SE:2350) was up 4.43% or 0.35 points to 8.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250), which fell 3.64% or 0.75 points to trade at 19.85 at the close. The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060) declined 2.87% or 0.65 points to end at 22.00 and Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Company (SE:4001) was down 2.73% or 3.00 points to 107.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 77 to 73 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.91% or 0.46 to $50.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.07% or 0.57 to hit $53.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1247.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.19% to 3.9955, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7501.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.42.