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 added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the were Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:), which rose 7.59% or 1.68 points to trade at 23.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:) added 6.53% or 2.60 points to end at 42.40 and Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (SE:) was up 5.61% or 0.43 points to 8.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:), which fell 2.68% or 2.30 points to trade at 83.40 at the close. Herfy Food Services Co (SE:) declined 2.30% or 1.20 points to end at 50.90 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:) was down 2.25% or 0.80 points to 34.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 128 to 53 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 7.59% or 1.68 to 23.80.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.38% or 0.22 to $58.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $64.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.19% or 17.85 to trade at $1524.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.20% to 4.1323, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 98.085.
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