Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Hotels & Tourism, Agriculture & Food and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were National Agriculture Development Co (SE:6010), which rose 3.88% or 1.10 points to trade at 29.45 at the close. National Medical Care Company (SE:4005) added 3.07% or 1.50 points to end at 50.30 and United Electronics Company (SE:4003) was up 2.73% or 1.70 points to 64.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which lost 44.41% or 62.55 points to trade at 78.30 in late trade. Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110) declined 3.18% or 1.25 points to end at 38.00 and Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance (SE:8100) shed 2.87% or 0.34 points to 11.52.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 70 and 14 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.01% or 0.91 to $46.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.44% or 1.30 to hit $54.51 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1285.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.11% to 4.2966, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7513.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 95.752.