Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Petrochemicals and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Tabuk Cement Co. (SE:3090), which rose 4.81% or 0.62 points to trade at 13.52 at the close. Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE:2190) added 4.39% or 0.64 points to end at 15.22 and Aldrees Petroleum & Transport Svcs (SE:4200) was up 3.85% or 1.35 points to 36.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Herfy Food Services Co (SE:6002), which lost 4.68% or 2.70 points to trade at 55.00 in late trade. Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250) declined 2.92% or 0.70 points to end at 23.30 and Saudi Arabian Mining Company (SE:1211) shed 2.67% or 1.25 points to 45.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 77 and 15 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.53% or 0.88 to $58.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.29% or 0.83 to hit $65.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.55 to trade at $1402.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.04% to 4.2067, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.933.