Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services, Industrial Investment and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 2.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Banque Saudi Fransi (SE:1050), which rose 7.45% or 2.05 points to trade at 29.55 at the close. Tabuk Agriculture Development Co (SE:6040) added 6.72% or 0.80 points to end at 12.70 and Sahara (SE:2260) was up 6.33% or 0.78 points to 13.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110), which lost 7.01% or 1.56 points to trade at 20.70 in late trade. Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) declined 2.33% or 0.40 points to end at 16.78 and Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002) shed 1.36% or 2.00 points to 145.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 145 to 27 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.18% or 0.08 to $45.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $47.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 6.68 to trade at $1249.82 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.17% to 4.1913, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.06.