Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Media & Publishing and Energy & Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 2.05% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co. (SE:2020), which rose 1.85% or 1.25 points to trade at 68.75 at the close. Taiba Holding Co. (SE:4090) added 1.63% or 0.60 points to end at 37.40 and Almarai Company (SE:2280) was up 0.91% or 0.50 points to 55.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which lost 9.20% or 3.10 points to trade at 30.60 in late trade. Takween Advanced Industries (SE:1201) declined 8.76% or 1.70 points to end at 17.70 and Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020) shed 8.72% or 0.95 points to 9.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 158 to 8 and 3 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.60% or 0.26 to $43.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.50% or 0.23 to hit $46.00 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.60% or 7.85 to trade at $1318.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.11% to 4.1894, while USD/SAR fell 0.03% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 95.75.