Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.44%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the rose 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Filing & Packing Materials Co. (TADAWUL:), which rose 10.00% or 3.90 points to trade at 42.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Takween Advanced Industries (TADAWUL:) added 9.84% or 0.91 points to end at 10.16 and Arabian Internet and Communications Services Co CSJC (TADAWUL:) was up 8.20% or 20.40 points to 269.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Arabian Drilling Co (TADAWUL:), which fell 4.84% or 7.40 points to trade at 145.40 at the close. Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (TADAWUL:) declined 3.75% or 0.60 points to end at 15.42 and Saudi Industrial Services Co. (TADAWUL:) was down 3.73% or 1.05 points to 27.10.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 192 to 63 and 13 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.79% or 1.33 to $75.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.70% or 1.34 to hit $79.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 10.70 to trade at $1,987.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.54% to 4.07, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 102.29.