Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Retail, Agriculture & Food and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Middle East Specialized Cables Co (SE:2370), which rose 9.92% or 0.75 points to trade at 8.31 at the close. United Electronics Company (SE:4003) added 9.35% or 3.98 points to end at 46.55 and Saudi Arabian Amiantit Co. (SE:2160) was up 4.86% or 0.30 points to 6.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which lost 9.93% or 1.96 points to trade at 17.78 in late trade. Alujain Corporation (SE:2170) declined 9.66% or 2.13 points to end at 19.92 and Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100) shed 9.13% or 5.78 points to 57.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 51 and 3 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.21% or 0.12 to $56.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $63.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.75 to trade at $1276.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.06% to 4.3717, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.41.