Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Energy & Utilities and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.95% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 9.95% or 9.27 points to trade at 102.40 at the close. HSBC Amanah Saudi 20 added 9.56% or 2.90 points to end at 33.25 and AL-BABTAIN POWER &TELECOM CO (SE:2320) was up 7.57% or 2.16 points to 30.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030), which lost 3.39% or 1.77 points to trade at 50.40 in late trade. Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (SE:8180) declined 2.31% or 0.59 points to end at 24.90 and Middle East Paper Co (SE:1202) shed 2.26% or 0.60 points to 25.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 65 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.36% or 0.93 to $67.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.90% or 0.67 to hit $73.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 11.40 to trade at $1326.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.41% to 4.5904, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7513.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.45.