Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Transport and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130), which rose 9.97% or 1.56 points to trade at 17.20 at the close. Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) added 9.84% or 0.98 points to end at 10.94 and United Electronics Company (SE:4003) was up 5.12% or 2.90 points to 59.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which lost 3.55% or 0.88 points to trade at 23.90 in late trade. The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) declined 2.71% or 0.56 points to end at 20.14 and Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) shed 2.32% or 0.28 points to 11.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 70 and 21 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $76.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1212.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.12% to 4.3642, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 94.97.