
Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the lost 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the were Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:), which rose 9.70% or 0.65 points to trade at 7.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:) added 9.41% or 2.70 points to end at 31.40 and Emaar The Economic City (SE:) was up 6.44% or 0.85 points to 14.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:), which fell 5.78% or 0.65 points to trade at 10.60 at the close. National Petrochemical Company (SE:) declined 5.32% or 0.75 points to end at 13.35 and AL JOUF CEMENT COMPANY (SE:) was down 5.29% or 0.45 points to 8.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 138 to 23 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.25% or 0.71 to $31.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.96% or 0.33 to hit $34.13 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.45% or 16.80 to trade at $1174.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.43% to 4.1854, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 96.98.
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