Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Cement and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Trade Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8170), which rose 9.23% or 0.90 points to trade at 10.65 at the close. Takween Advanced Industries (SE:1201) added 3.45% or 0.40 points to end at 12.00 and Red Sea Housing Services Company (SE:4230) was up 3.38% or 0.80 points to 24.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050), which lost 8.60% or 0.80 points to trade at 8.50 in late trade. United Int Transportation Company (SE:4260) declined 5.79% or 1.50 points to end at 24.40 and Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) shed 4.91% or 1.20 points to 23.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 22 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.60% or 0.30 to $50.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.37% or 0.19 to hit $51.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.45 to trade at $1256.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.30% to 4.1279, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 97.88.