Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.25% By Investing.com

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 0.25% to hit a new 5-year high.

The best performers of the session on the were Ataa Educational Co (SE:), which rose 9.89% or 6.50 points to trade at 72.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:) added 7.45% or 12.00 points to end at 173.00 and Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE:) was up 5.58% or 5.50 points to 104.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Saudi Chemical Company (SE:), which fell 3.39% or 1.45 points to trade at 41.35 at the close. Saudi Ground Services Co (SE:) declined 3.10% or 1.10 points to end at 34.35 and Al Hammadi Co (SE:) was down 2.88% or 1.20 points to 40.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 108 to 90 and 10 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ataa Educational Co (SE:) rose to all time highs; rising 9.89% or 6.50 to 72.20.

Crude oil for October delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $68.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.50% or 1.07 to hit $70.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.70% or 29.75 to trade at $1781.55 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.58% to 4.4241, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7501.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 92.517.