Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Media&Publishing, Cement and Hotels&Tourism sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Middle East Specialized Cables Co (SE:2370), which rose 9.89% or 0.90 points to trade at 10.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Basic Chemical Industries Co (SE:1210) added 6.93% or 1.40 points to end at 21.60 and Leejam Sports Company SJSC (SE:1830) was up 5.32% or 3.60 points to 71.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arabia Insurance Cooperative Co (SE:8160), which fell 1.75% or 0.28 points to trade at 15.76 at the close. Red Sea Housing Services Company (SE:4230) declined 1.73% or 0.24 points to end at 13.64 and National Agriculture Marketing Co. (SE:4160) was down 1.36% or 0.26 points to 18.84.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 5.69% or 3.22 to $53.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 5.57% or 3.64 to hit $61.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1311.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.45% to 4.1927, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 97.675.
