Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Cement and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.19% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Dur Hospitality (SE:4010), which rose 5.08% or 1.05 points to trade at 21.70 at the close. Advanced Petrochemical Company (SE:2330) added 4.61% or 2.24 points to end at 50.80 and Middle East Healthcare Co (SE:4009) was up 3.29% or 1.89 points to 59.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Food Products Co. (SE:2100), which lost 9.64% or 1.87 points to trade at 17.52 in late trade. Taleem REIT Fund (SE:4333) declined 6.46% or 0.76 points to end at 11.00 and AlJazira Mawten REIT (SE:4331) shed 3.19% or 0.52 points to 15.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 80 and 13 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.29% or 0.19 to $65.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.17% or 0.12 to hit $69.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1348.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.41% to 4.6515, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7499.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 88.89.