Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Retail, Financial Services and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which rose 10.00% or 2.55 points to trade at 28.05 at the close. Najran Cement Company (SE:3002) added 5.71% or 0.47 points to end at 8.70 and Southern Province Cement Co. (SE:3050) was up 4.12% or 1.50 points to 37.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which lost 9.95% or 12.00 points to trade at 108.60 in late trade. Arabian Cement Co (SE:3010) declined 4.66% or 1.10 points to end at 22.50 and Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130) shed 3.20% or 0.64 points to 19.36.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 69 and 13 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.80% or 0.45 to $56.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $66.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1221.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.06% to 4.2877, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7524.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.25.