Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.23%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Energy&Utilities, Media&Publishing and Agriculture&Food sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.23%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Riyadh Cement Co (TADAWUL:3092), which rose 9.88% or 2.95 points to trade at 32.80 at the close. Saudi Industrial Export Co (TADAWUL:4140) added 9.76% or 0.24 points to end at 2.70 and Miahona Holding SCJSC (TADAWUL:2084) was up 5.81% or 1.70 points to 30.95 in late trade.

Biggest losers included AL-BABTAIN POWER &TELECOM CO (TADAWUL:2320), which lost 8.00% or 3.45 points to trade at 39.65 in late trade. Al-Jouf Agriculture Development Co (TADAWUL:6070) declined 7.67% or 5.20 points to end at 62.60 and Shatirah House Restaurant Co (TADAWUL:6016) shed 7.11% or 1.50 points to 19.60.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 175 to 129 and 25 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.74% or 1.98 to $70.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.33% or 1.76 to hit $73.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 11.00 to trade at $2,694.80 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.74% to 4.03, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.76.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 104.89.