Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Media & Publishing and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (TADAWUL:8200), which rose 5.99% or 2.70 points to trade at 47.80 at the close. Saudi Chemical Company (TADAWUL:2230) added 5.07% or 0.46 points to end at 9.54 and Fitaihi Holding Group (TADAWUL:4180) was up 4.58% or 0.19 points to 4.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SHL Financing Company SJSC (TADAWUL:1183), which lost 3.87% or 0.68 points to trade at 16.90 in late trade. National Medical Care Company (TADAWUL:4005) declined 3.54% or 5.80 points to end at 158.20 and MBC Group CJSC (TADAWUL:4072) shed 3.40% or 1.80 points to 51.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 187 to 118 and 22 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.07% or 0.73 to $68.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.04% or 0.75 to hit $72.59 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 16.89 to trade at $2,664.11 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.54% to 3.95, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 106.32.