Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Petrochemicals, Financial Services and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 2.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (SE:8180), which rose 2.74% or 0.82 points to trade at 30.80 at the close. Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) added 1.94% or 0.59 points to end at 31.00 and Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE:2380) was up 0.81% or 0.19 points to 23.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310), which lost 8.27% or 2.65 points to trade at 29.40 in late trade. Emaar The Economic City (SE:4220) declined 5.69% or 0.85 points to end at 14.10 and Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SE:2010) shed 4.34% or 4.30 points to 94.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 158 to 7 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.16% or 0.56 to $47.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.66% or 0.91 to hit $53.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.74% or 8.00 to trade at $1094.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.94% to 4.1553, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7496.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.75% at 96.61.